fix spelling/grammar (#1486)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
index 115ea09..1ae3753 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
@@ -5347,10 +5347,10 @@ public static String mid(final String str, int pos, final int len) {
* Similar to <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/#function-normalize-space">https://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/#function-normalize -space</a>
*
* <p>
- * The function returns the argument string with whitespace normalized by using {@code {@link #trim(String)}} to remove leading and trailing whitespace and
+ * This function returns the argument string with whitespace normalized by using {@code {@link #trim(String)}} to remove leading and trailing whitespace and
* then replacing sequences of whitespace characters by a single space.
* </p>
- * In XML Whitespace characters are the same as those allowed by the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-S">S</a> production, which is S ::= (#x20 |
+ * In XML, whitespace characters are the same as those allowed by the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-S">S</a> production, which is S ::= (#x20 |
* #x9 | #xD | #xA)+
* <p>
* Java's regexp pattern \s defines whitespace as [ \t\n\x0B\f\r]
@@ -5368,7 +5368,7 @@ public static String mid(final String str, int pos, final int len) {
* </ul>
*
* <p>
- * The difference is that Java's whitespace includes vertical tab and form feed, which this functional will also normalize. Additionally {@code {@link
+ * The difference is that Java's whitespace includes vertical tab and form feed, which this function will also normalize. Additionally {@code {@link
* #trim(String)}} removes control characters (char <= 32) from both ends of this String.
* </p>
*
@@ -5414,7 +5414,7 @@ public static String normalizeSpace(final String str) {
* Finds the n-th index within a CharSequence, handling {@code null}. This method uses {@link String#indexOf(String)} if possible.
* <p>
* <strong>Note:</strong> The code starts looking for a match at the start of the target, incrementing the starting index by one after each successful match
- * (unless {@code searchStr} is an empty string in which case the position is never incremented and {@code 0} is returned immediately). This means that
+ * (unless {@code searchStr} is an empty string, in which case the position is never incremented and {@code 0} is returned immediately). This means that
* matches may overlap.
* </p>
* <p>
@@ -5472,7 +5472,7 @@ public static int ordinalIndexOf(final CharSequence str, final CharSequence sear
/**
* Finds the n-th index within a String, handling {@code null}. This method uses {@link String#indexOf(String)} if possible.
* <p>
- * Note that matches may overlap
+ * Note that matches may overlap.
* <p>
*
* <p>
