cmdline-opts: language cleanups

Use imperative mood consistently for the first sentence describing an
option.

"Set this" instead "tell curl to set" or "this sets..."

Plus some extra cleanups and rephrasing.

Closes #13106
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@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ Control what method curl should use to reach a file on an FTP(S)
server. The method argument should be one of the following alternatives:
## multicwd
curl does a single CWD operation for each path part in the given URL. For deep
hierarchies this means many commands. This is how RFC 1738 says it should
be done. This is the default but the slowest behavior.
Do a single CWD operation for each path part in the given URL. For deep
hierarchies this means many commands. This is how RFC 1738 says it should be
done. This is the default but the slowest behavior.
## nocwd
curl does no CWD at all. curl does SIZE, RETR, STOR etc and give a full
path to the server for all these commands. This is the fastest behavior.
Do no CWD at all. curl does SIZE, RETR, STOR etc and gives the full path to
the server for each of these commands. This is the fastest behavior.
## singlecwd
curl does one CWD with the full target directory and then operates on the file
Do one CWD with the full target directory and then operate on the file
"normally" (like in the multicwd case). This is somewhat more standards
compliant than 'nocwd' but without the full penalty of 'multicwd'.
compliant than `nocwd` but without the full penalty of `multicwd`.