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docs: fix some grammar and punctuation in the 2.27 release notes 

Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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The command tailf is deprecated in favour of tail -f from coreutils. The command tailf is deprecated in favour of tail -f from coreutils.
The command unshare provides a new option --propagation=<slave|shared|private|unchanged> The command unshare provides a new option --propagation=slave|shared|private|unchanged
to control propagation in mount namespaces. The default is "private" now. The to control propagation in mount namespaces. The default is "private" now. The
new default unifies unshare behavior and makes it independent on distribution new default unifies unshare behavior and makes it independent of distribution
default. The unshare supports persistent namespaces too (no process has to run default. The unshare supports persistent namespaces too (no process has to run
to keep namespace in existence). to keep namespace in existence).
The fdisk and sfdisk is possible to compile with GNU Readline support to The commands fdisk and sfdisk can be compiled with GNU readline support to
improve line-editing functionality. improve their line-editing functionality.
The library libsmartcols and commands findmnt, losetup, lsblk, lslocks, sfdisk The library libsmartcols and the commands findmnt, losetup, lsblk, lslocks,
and lsipc provides output in JSON format. sfdisk and lsipc provide output in JSON format.
The command mkfs (deprecated in favour of mkfs.<type>) does not use hard coded The command mkfs (deprecated in favour of mkfs.<type>) does not use hard-coded
paths, but it follows $PATH. paths, but it follows $PATH.
The command script has been massively improved to be more robust and less The command script has been massively improved to be more robust and less
complex. Now all is implemented by one process which monitor the running complex. Now all is implemented by one process which monitors the running
session by poll(), signalfd() etc. session by poll(), signalfd(), etc.
The command sulogin supports locked root accounts if the command line option The command sulogin supports locked root accounts if the command-line option
--force is specified. Read the sulogin man page before you use it! --force is specified. Read the sulogin man page before you use it!
The command agetty reloads prompt on addresses change if network information The command agetty reloads the prompt on address changes if network information
displayed. is displayed.
The util-linux supports and enable colors by default, this behavior is possible util-linux now supports and enables colors by default. It is possible to change
to change by --disable-colors-default to be more user friendly to color blind this behavior with --disable-colors-default to be more user-friendly to colorblind
people. The colors is still possible to enable by /etc/terminal-colors.d. See people. The colors can still be enabled by editing /etc/terminal-colors.d. See
terminal-colors.d(5). terminal-colors.d(5).
The command cfdisk displays more information about selected partition The command cfdisk displays more information about the selected partition
(partition UUID, filesystem identifiers, mountpoint, etc.). This extra window (partition UUID, filesystem identifiers, mountpoint, etc.). This extra window
is possible to toggle by 'x' key. can be toggled with the 'x' key.
The fdisk provides a new command 'F' to print free unpartitioned space (gaps) The command fdisk provides a new command 'F' to print free, unpartitioned space
on the disk. The same functionality provides sfdisk by --list-free. The fdisk (gaps) on the disk. The same functionality is provided by sfdisk through the
wipes the begin of the device by default, the new option --protect-boot option --list-free. The fdisk command wipes the beginning of the device by
disables this behavior. The new fdisk command 'i' provides more information default; the new option --protect-boot disables this behavior. The new fdisk
about a specified partition. command 'i' provides more information about a specified partition.
The command cal supports new options --twelve and --months <n> to display next The command cal supports the new options --twelve and --months <n> to display
twelve or <n> months. the next twelve or <n> months.
The command rtcwake supports a new option --list-modes to list available modes, The command rtcwake supports a new option --list-modes to list available modes,
and a new option --date for human readable times. rtcwake does not support and a new option --date for human-readable times. rtcwake does not support
RTC_ALM_READ and RTC_ALM_SET fallbacks any more. RTC_ALM_READ and RTC_ALM_SET fallbacks any more.