docs: grammar proofread, typo fixes

(Partially automated) proofread of most of the documentation, leading to
various typo fixes.

Closes #8353
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Antoine Pietri 2022-01-27 02:12:50 +01:00 committed by Daniel Stenberg
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@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ header from being used:
## FTP and Path Names
Do note that when getting files with a `ftp://` URL, the given path is
relative the directory you enter. To get the file `README` from your home
relative to the directory you enter. To get the file `README` from your home
directory at your ftp site, do:
curl ftp://user:passwd@my.site.com/README
@ -770,8 +770,8 @@ If you have installed the OpenLDAP library, curl can take advantage of it and
offer `ldap://` support. On Windows, curl will use WinLDAP from Platform SDK
by default.
Default protocol version used by curl is LDAPv3. LDAPv2 will be used as
fallback mechanism in case if LDAPv3 will fail to connect.
Default protocol version used by curl is LDAPv3. LDAPv2 will be used as a
fallback mechanism in case LDAPv3 fails to connect.
LDAP is a complex thing and writing an LDAP query is not an easy task. I do
advise you to dig up the syntax description for that elsewhere. One such place
@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ You also can use authentication when accessing LDAP catalog:
curl -u user:passwd "ldap://ldap.frontec.se/o=frontec??sub?mail=*"
curl "ldap://user:passwd@ldap.frontec.se/o=frontec??sub?mail=*"
By default, if user and password provided, OpenLDAP/WinLDAP will use basic
By default, if user and password are provided, OpenLDAP/WinLDAP will use basic
authentication. On Windows you can control this behavior by providing one of
`--basic`, `--ntlm` or `--digest` option in curl command line