English language corrections, made by JohnR

1 files changed, 55 insertions, 56 deletions

diff --git a/docs/installer/en/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml b/docs/installer/en/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml
index 8f349e94..b368dd10 100644
--- a/docs/installer/en/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml
+++ b/docs/installer/en/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
     <section>
       <title>Definition</title>
 
-      <para>Here, a medium (plural: media) is an ISO image file that allows to install
-      and/or update Mageia and by extension any physical support where the ISO
-      file is copied.</para>
+      <para>Here, a medium (plural: media) is an ISO image file that allows you to install
+      and/or update Mageia and by extension any physical support the ISO
+      file is copied to.</para>
 
       <para>You can find them <link ns4:href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/">here</link>.</para>
     </section>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
         <itemizedlist>
           <listitem>
-            <para>They use the traditional installer called drakx.</para>
+            <para>These ISOs use the traditional installer called drakx.</para>
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>Each DVD contains any available desktop environments and
+            <para>Each DVD contains many available desktop environments and
             languages.</para>
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add or
-            not non free software.</para>
+            <para>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add 
+            non free software.</para>
           </listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
       </section>
@@ -65,16 +65,16 @@
 
         <itemizedlist>
           <listitem>
-            <para>Both architectures are present on the same media, the choice
+            <para>Both architectures are present on the same medium, the choice
             is made automatically according to the detected CPU.</para>
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>Xfce desktop only.</para>
+            <para>Uses Xfce desktop only.</para>
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>Some languages only (be, bg, ca, de, en, es, fr, it, mk, pl,
+            <para>Not all languages are available. (be, bg, ca, de, en, es, fr, it, mk, pl,
             pt, ru, sv, uk) TO BE CHECKED!</para>
           </listitem>
 
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@
 
         <itemizedlist>
           <listitem>
-            <para>Can be used to preview the distribution without first
-            installing it on a HDD, and optionally install Mageia on your
-            HDD.</para>
+            <para>Can be used to preview the distribution without installing it on
+            a HDD, and optionally install Mageia on to your HDD.
+            </para>
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para>
+            <para>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</para>
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>32 bits only.</para>
+            <para>32 bit only.</para>
           </listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
       </section>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>32 bits only.</para>
+            <para>32 bit only.</para>
           </listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
       </section>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para>
+            <para>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</para>
           </listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
       </section>
@@ -186,14 +186,14 @@
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para>
+            <para>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</para>
           </listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
       </section>
     </section>
 
     <section>
-      <title>Boot-only CDs media</title>
+      <title>Boot-only CD media</title>
 
       <section>
         <title>Common features</title>
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@
 
           <listitem>
             <para>These media are very light (less than 100 MB) and are
-            convenient when bandwidth is too low to download a full DVD, PC
-            without DVD drive or PC that can't boot on a USB stick.</para>
+            convenient when bandwidth is too low to download a full DVD, a PC
+            without a DVD drive or a PC that can't boot from a USB stick.</para>
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para>
+            <para>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</para>
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 
         <itemizedlist>
           <listitem>
-            <para>Contains only free software, for people who refuse non free
+            <para>Contains only free software, for those people who refuse to use non-free
             software.</para>
           </listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 
         <itemizedlist>
           <listitem>
-            <para>Contains non free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for
+            <para>Contains non-free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for
             people who need it.</para>
           </listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
@@ -249,15 +249,15 @@
   </section>
 
   <section>
-    <title>Media downloading and checking</title>
+    <title>Downloading and Checking Media</title>
 
     <section>
       <title>Downloading</title>
 
-      <para>Once you have chosen your ISO file, you can download it either
-      using http or BitTorrent. In both cases, a window give you some
-      information, like the used mirror and the possibility to change if the
-      bandwidth is to low. If http is chosen, you can also see something
+      <para>Once you have chosen your ISO file, you can download it using
+      either http or BitTorrent. In both cases, a window gives you some
+      information, such as the mirror in use and the possibility to change if the
+      bandwidth is to low. If http is chosen, you may also see something
       like</para>
 
       <mediaobject>
@@ -266,12 +266,13 @@
         </imageobject>
       </mediaobject>
 
-      <para>md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check your ISO integrity. Use only
+      <para>md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check the ISO integrity. Use only
       one of them. Both hexadecimal numbers have been calculated by an
-      algorithm from the file to be downloaded. If you ask this algorithm to
-      calculate again this number from your downloaded file, either you have
+      algorithm from the file to be downloaded. When you ask these algorithms to
+      recalculate this number from your downloaded file, either you have
       the same number and your downloaded file is correct, or the number is
-      different and you met a failure. Then this window appears:</para>
+      different and you have a failure. A failure infers that you should retry
+      the download.Then this window appears:</para>
 
       <mediaobject>
         <imageobject>
@@ -309,32 +310,31 @@
   <section>
     <title>Burn or dump the ISO</title>
 
-    <para>The checked ISO can now be burned on a CD or DVD or dumped on a USB
-    stick. These operations are not a simple copy and aim at make a boot-able
-    media.</para>
+    <para>The checked ISO can now be burned to a CD or DVD or dumped to a USB
+    stick. These operations are not a simple copy and aim to make a boot-able
+    medium.</para>
 
     <section>
-      <title>Burn the ISO on a CD/DVD</title>
+      <title>Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD</title>
 
-      <para>Use whatever burner you want but ensure the burning device is set
-	correctly to <emphasis role="bold">burn an image</emphasis>, burn data or files is not correct.
-      More information in <link ns4:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Writing_CD_and_DVD_images">the Mageia wiki</link>.</para>
+      <para>Use whatever burner you wish but ensure the burning device is set
+      correctly to <emphasis role="bold">burn an image</emphasis>, burn data or files is not correct.
+      There is more information in <link ns4:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Writing_CD_and_DVD_images">the Mageia wiki</link>.</para>
     </section>
 
     <section>
-      <title>Dump the ISO on a USB stick</title>
+      <title>Dump the ISO to a USB stick</title>
 
-      <para>All Mageia ISOs are hybrid, which means you can 'dump' them on a
-      USB stick and use it to boot and install the system.</para>
+      <para>All Mageia ISOs are hybrids, which means you can 'dump' them to a
+      USB stick and then use it to boot and install the system.</para>
 
       <warning>
-        <para>"dumping" an image onto a flash device destroys any prior
-        file-system in the partition; any data will be lost and partition
+        <para>"dumping" an image onto a flash device destroys any previous
+        file-system on the device; any other data will be lost and the partition
         capacity will be reduced to the image size.</para>
       </warning>
 
-      <para>To recover the original capacity, you have to format the USB
-      stick.</para>
+      <para>To recover the original capacity, you must re-format the USB stick.</para>
 
       <section>
         <title>Using Mageia</title>
@@ -349,8 +349,7 @@
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>Become root with the command <userinput>su -</userinput> (don't forget the final
-            -)</para>
+            <para>Become root with the command <userinput>su -</userinput> (don't forget the final '-' )</para>
 
             <mediaobject>
               <imageobject>
@@ -360,8 +359,8 @@
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>Plug your USB stick (do not mount it, that means do not open
-            any application or file manager that read it)</para>
+            <para>Plug your USB stick (do not mount it, this also means do not open
+            any application or file manager that could access or read it)</para>
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
@@ -384,9 +383,9 @@
             <para>Enter the command: # <userinput>dd if=path/to/the/ISO/file of=/dev/sdX
             bs=1M</userinput></para>
 
-            <para>(x)=your device name eg: /dev/sdc Example: # <userinput>dd
-            if=/home/user/Downloads/Mageia-4-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdb
-            bs=1M</userinput></para>
+            <para>Where X=your device name eg: /dev/sdc</para>
+            <para> Example: # <userinput>dd if=/home/user/Downloads/Mageia-4-x86_64-DVD.iso 
+            of=/dev/sdb bs=1M</userinput></para>
           </listitem>
 
           <listitem>
@@ -402,7 +401,7 @@
       <section>
         <title>Using Windows</title>
 
-        <para>You can try:</para>
+        <para>You could try:</para>
 
         <para>- <link ns4:href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US">Rufus</link></para>
 
@@ -418,7 +417,7 @@
 
     <para>This step is detailed in <link ns4:href="http://www.mageia.org/en/doc/">the Mageia documentation</link>.</para>
 
-    <para>More information, is available in <link ns4:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Category:Documentation">the Mageia wiki</link>.</para>
+    <para>More information is available in <link ns4:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Category:Documentation">the Mageia wiki</link>.</para>
   </section>
 
 </section>