From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 01:39:09 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Subject: docs: disk-utils: change "allows to <verb>" to "allows <verb>ing"
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Subject: docs: disk-utils: change "allows to <verb>" to "allows <verb>ing"

  The web site "lintian.debian.org" shows some examples of "allows to",
which are changed to "allows one to".

  I chose here to use gerund.

Signed-off-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
---

diff --git a/disk-utils/fdisk.8 b/disk-utils/fdisk.8
index f683bcaaa4..8780a7419f 100644
--- a/disk-utils/fdisk.8
+++ b/disk-utils/fdisk.8
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ are deprecated.
 
 .SH SCRIPT FILES
 .B fdisk
-allows to read (by 'I' command) sfdisk compatible script files. The script is
+allows reading (by 'I' command) sfdisk compatible script files. The script is
 applied to in-memory partition table, and then it is possible to modify the
 partition table before you write it to the device.
 .PP
diff --git a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
index 6c278afb6a..38a6748534 100644
--- a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
+++ b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ disk label (see the \fBEMPTY DISK LABEL\fR section below).
 .TP
 .BR \-Y , " \-\-label\-nested " \fItype
 Force editing of a nested disk label.  The primary disk label has to exist already.
-This option allows to edit for example a hybrid/protective MBR on devices with GPT.
+This option allows editing for example a hybrid/protective MBR on devices with GPT.
 
 .TP
 .BR \-w , " \-\-wipe "\fIwhen
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ loaders and for other operating systems.
 
 .B Named-fields format
 .RS
-This format is more readable, robust, extensible and allows to specify additional
+This format is more readable, robust, extensible and allows specifying additional
 information (e.g., a UUID).  It is recommended to use this format to keep your scripts
 more readable.
 .RS
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ more readable.
 The
 .I device
 field is optional.  \fBsfdisk\fR extracts the partition number from the
-device name.  It allows to specify the partitions in random order.
+device name.  It allows specifying the partitions in random order.
 This functionality is mostly used by \fB\-\-dump\fR.
 Don't use it if you are not sure.
 
diff --git a/disk-utils/swaplabel.8 b/disk-utils/swaplabel.8
index b623a50200..c92de00a57 100644
--- a/disk-utils/swaplabel.8
+++ b/disk-utils/swaplabel.8
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ These values can also be set during swap creation using
 .BR mkswap (8).
 The
 .B swaplabel
-utility allows to change the label or UUID on an actively used swap device.
+utility allows changing the label or UUID on an actively used swap device.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"