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@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ other parts of that standard.
@cindex symbolic link to directory, controlling traversal of
The following options modify how @command{chown} and @command{chgrp}
-@c FIXME: note that `du' has these options, too, but they have slightly
+@c FIXME: note that 'du' has these options, too, but they have slightly
@c different meaning.
traverse a hierarchy when the @option{--recursive} (@option{-R})
option is also specified.
@@ -2299,8 +2299,8 @@ The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}.
@item +@var{first_page}[:@var{last_page}]
@itemx --pages=@var{first_page}[:@var{last_page}]
-@c The two following @opindex lines evoke warnings because they contain `:'
-@c The `info' spec does not permit that. If we use those lines, we end
+@c The two following @opindex lines evoke warnings because they contain ':'
+@c The 'info' spec does not permit that. If we use those lines, we end
@c up with truncated index entries that don't work.
@c @opindex +@var{first_page}[:@var{last_page}]
@c @opindex --pages=@var{first_page}[:@var{last_page}]
@@ -4813,7 +4813,7 @@ contains lines unique to @var{file1}, column two contains lines unique
to @var{file2}, and column three contains lines common to both files.
Columns are separated by a single TAB character.
@c FIXME: when there's an option to supply an alternative separator
-@c string, append `by default' to the above sentence.
+@c string, append "by default" to the above sentence.
@opindex -1
@opindex -2
@@ -7401,7 +7401,7 @@ locale.
@c Use @t instead of @samp to avoid duplicate quoting in some output styles.
Quote strings as for C character string literals, except use
surrounding quotation marks appropriate for the locale, and quote
-@t{`like this'} instead of @t{"like
+@t{'like this'} instead of @t{"like
this"} in the default C locale. This looks nicer on many displays.
@end table
@@ -9557,7 +9557,7 @@ for a FIFO
for a block special file
@item c
-@c Don't document the `u' option -- it's just a synonym for `c'.
+@c Don't document the 'u' option -- it's just a synonym for 'c'.
@c Do *any* versions of mknod still use it?
@c @itemx u
@opindex c @r{for character special file}