Fixed English mechanics: grammar, punctuation, and wording

doc/pages/command-parsing.asciidoc

@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
 = Command Parsing
 
-Kakoune commands, either loaded from a script, or written in the command
-prompt are parsed according to the following rules:
+Kakoune commands, either loaded from a script or written in the command prompt, are parsed according to the following rules:
 
 == Basic parsing
 
-- Commands are separated by `;` or end of lines
+- Commands are delimited by a `;` or an end of line
 
-- Words (command names and parameters) are separated by whitespaces
+- Words (command names and parameters) are delimited by whitespaces
 
 == Quoted Strings
 
-If a word starts with `'`, `"` or `%X` with `X` a non nestable
-punctuation character it is parsed as a quoted string whose delimiter is,
-respectively, `'`, `"` or `X`.
+If a word starts with `'`, `"`, or `%X` with `X` a non-nestable punctuation character (see below for nestable characters),
+it is parsed as a quoted string whose delimiter is, respectively, `'`, `"`, or `X`.
 
-A quoted string contains every character (including whitespaces) until
-its closing delimiter. If its closing delimiter is doubled, then it is
-considered to be part of the string content as a single delimiter.
+A quoted string contains every character (including whitespaces).  Doubling a closing delimiter escapes it.
+Thus, for example, entering two closing delimiting characters at the end of a quoted string will render one of the characters literally;
+that is, it will be considered as part of the quoted string's content.
 
-Inside double quotes, `%`-strings are processed unless the `%` is escaped by
-doubling it. Double quotes inside these nested strings must still be escaped.
+Inside double quotes, `%`-strings are processed unless the `%` is escaped by doubling it.
+Double quotes inside these nested strings must still be escaped.
 
 No other escaping takes place in quoted strings.
 
@@ -42,17 +40,11 @@ No other escaping takes place in quoted strings.
 
 == Balanced Strings
 
-If a word starts with `%X` with `X` a nestable punctuation character (one
-of `(`, `[`, `{` and `<`), it is parsed as a balanced string whose closing
-delimiter is the matching character of its opening delimiter (respectively
-`)`, `]`, `}` and `>`).
+If a word starts with `%X` with `X` a nestable punctuation character (one of `(`, `[`, `{` and `<`),
+it is parsed as a balanced string
+whose closing delimiter matches that of its opening delimiter (respectively `)`, `]`, `}` and `>`).
 
-A balanced string contains every character (including whitespaces) until
-a closing delimiter is found, and opening and closing delimiters are
-balanced inside the string (each opening delimiter appearing inside the
-string have been closed by a matching closing delimiter).
-
-No other escaping takes place in balanced strings.
+Characters may be escaped in the same manner as those for quoted strings.
 
 === Balanced Strings Examples
 
@@ -66,23 +58,22 @@ No other escaping takes place in balanced strings.
 
 == Non Quoted words
 
-Other words are non-quoted. Non-quoted words end either on a whitespaces
-or a `;`.
+Other words are non-quoted.
+Non-quoted words end either at a whitespace or a `;`.
 
-If they start with `\` followed by `%`, `'` or `"`, then that leading
-`\` is discarded.
+If they start with a `\` followed by a `%`, `'`, or `"`,
+then that leading `\` escapes those characters and is discarded.
 
-If a whitespace or `;` is preceded by `\`, then the `\` is discarded
-and the whitespace or `;` becomes part of the word. Any other `\`
-is treated as a literal `\`.
+If a whitespace or `;` is preceded by a `\`,
+then the `\` is discarded, and the whitespace or `;` becomes part of the word.
+Any other `\` is treated as a literal `\`.
 
 == Typed Expansions
 
-Quoted and Balanced strings starting with `%` might have an optional
-alphabetic *expansion type* between the `%` and their delimiter (which
-is always a punctuation character). This *expansion type* defines how the
-string content is going to be expanded. Rules for expanding and escaping typed
-expansions are the same as for `%`-strings.
+Quoted and Balanced strings starting with `%` might have an optional alphabetic *expansion type* between the `%` and their delimiter
+(which is always a punctuation character).
+This *expansion type* defines how the string's content is going to be expanded.
+Rules for expanding and escaping expansion types are the same as for `%`-strings.
 
 - If the *expansion type* is empty, the string content is used verbatim.