an → a, an → and (#2604)

Author: cfa

doc/Language/regexes.pod6

@@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ say $string ~~ / (SQL) (.+) $1 /; # OUTPUT: Nil
 =end code
 
 Since there is no specification for a character before the word I<SQL>,
-the engine will match against the rightmost word I<SQL> an go forward
+the engine will match against the rightmost word I<SQL> and go forward
 from there. Since there is no repetition of I<SQL> remaining, the
 match fails.
 It is possible, again, to inspect what the engine performs

doc/Language/subscripts.pod6

@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ say @string.Str;    # OUTPUT: «((A C G) (T C G))␤»
 This code takes into account the value of C<$initialize>, which is set to
 C<True> only if we are assigning a value to a variable declared using the C<is>
 syntax for the first time. The C<STORE> method should set the C<self> variable
-an return it in all cases, including when the variable has already been
+and return it in all cases, including when the variable has already been
 initialized.
 
 =head2 Methods to implement for associative subscripting

doc/Language/temporal.pod6

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ X<|Date and time functions>
 
 Perl 6 includes several classes that deal with temporal information: L<Date|/type/Date>, L<DateTime|/type/DateTime>, L<Instant|/type/Instant> and L<Duration|/type/Duration>. The three first are I<dateish>, so they mix in the L<Dateish|/type/Dateish> role, which defines all methods and properties that classes that deal with date should assume. It also includes a class hierarchy of exceptions rooted in L<X::Temporal>.
 
-We will try to illustrate these classes in the next (somewhat extended) example, which can be used to process all files in a directory (by default C<.>) with a particular extension (by default C<.p6>) in an directory, sort them according to their age, and compute how many files have been created per month and how many were modified in certain periods expressed in ranges of months:
+We will try to illustrate these classes in the next (somewhat extended) example, which can be used to process all files in a directory (by default C<.>) with a particular extension (by default C<.p6>) in a directory, sort them according to their age, and compute how many files have been created per month and how many were modified in certain periods expressed in ranges of months:
 
 =begin code
 sub MAIN( $path = ".", $extension = "p6" ) {

doc/Language/traits.pod6

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ they refer to: C<rw>, C<nativesize>, C<ctype>, C<unsigned>, C<hidden>,
 C<array_type>.
 
 The X<Uninstantiable representation trait> is not so much related to the
-representation as related to what can be done with an specific class; it
+representation as related to what can be done with a specific class; it
 effectively prevents the creation of instances of the class in any
 possible way.
 

doc/Type/IO/ArgFiles.pod6

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ sub MAIN () {
 and, in fact, can't be used to process the arguments in the command line, since,
 in this case, it would result in an usage error.
 
-Bear in mind that C<$*ARGFILES> is going to contain an handle for every argument
+Bear in mind that C<$*ARGFILES> is going to contain a handle for every argument
 in a command line, even if that argument is not a valid file.
 
 =for code

doc/Type/Metamodel/EnumHOW.pod6

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Returns the number of values.
 
     method enum_from_value(Metamodel::ClassHOW:D: $obj, $value)
 
-Given an value, return the corresponding enum.
+Given a value, return the corresponding enum.
 
     enum numbers <10 20>;
     say numbers.^enum_from_value(0)             # OUTPUT: 10

doc/Type/X/Syntax/Regex/SolitaryQuantifier.pod6

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     class X::Syntax::Regex::SolitaryQuantifier does X::Syntax { }
 
-Syntax error when a stand alone quantifier (without an preceding atom
+Syntax error when a stand alone quantifier (without a preceding atom
 to quantify) is encountered in a regular expression.
 
 For example