typo, grammar tweaks

git-svn-id: https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk@84781 00db46b3-68df-0310-9c12-caf00c1e9a41

doc/NEWS.Rd

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  package \pkg{MASS}. The \pkg{MASS} namespace is no longer loaded
  if you invoke (say) \code{confint(glmfit)}. Further, the
  \code{"glm"} method for \code{profile()} and the \code{plot()}
- and \code{pairs()} mesthods for class \code{"profile"} have been
+ and \code{pairs()} methods for class \code{"profile"} have been
  copied from \pkg{MASS} to \pkg{stats}. (\code{profile.nls()} and
  \code{plot.profile.nls()} were already in \code{stats}.)
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
  with a \samp{.} should be included.
 
  \item Serializations can now be interrupted (e.g., by \kbd{Ctrl-C} on
- a Unix-alike) if they take too long, as e.g., from \code{save.image()},
+ a Unix-alike) if they take too long, e.g., from \code{save.image()},
  thanks to suggestions by Ivan Krylov and others on R-devel.
 
  \item New startup option \option{--max-connections} to set the
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@
  including those generated by \code{prompt()}.
  These cases are now noted by \command{R CMD check}.
 
- \item Communication between parent and child processes in
+ \item Communication between parent and child processes in the
  \code{multicore} part of \code{parallel} could fail on platforms
- that do not support arbitrarily large payload in system functions
+ that do not support an arbitrarily large payload in system functions
  \code{read()}/\code{write()} on pipes (seen on macOS). The payload
  is now split into 1Gb chunks to avoid that problem. \PR{18571}
  }