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Spelling and Grammer fixes (#15719)

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Co-authored-by: Tim Smith <tim.smith.hdg@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Miran <narimiran@disroot.org>
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@@ -102,10 +102,14 @@ These two procs are the two modus operandi of the real-time garbage collector:
To bind all garbage collector activity to a ``GC_step`` call,
deactivate the garbage collector with ``GC_disable`` at program startup.
If ``strongAdvice`` is set to ``true``,
then the garbage collector will be forced to perform collection cycle.
then the garbage collector will be forced to perform the collection cycle.
Otherwise, the garbage collector may decide not to do anything,
if there is not much garbage to collect.
You may also specify the current stack size via ``stackSize`` parameter.
It can improve performance when you know that there are no unique Nim references
below a certain point on the stack. Make sure the size you specify is greater
than the potential worst-case size.
It can improve performance when you know that there are no unique Nim
references below a certain point on the stack. Make sure the size you specify
is greater than the potential worst-case size.
@@ -174,7 +178,7 @@ Heap dump
The heap dump feature is still in its infancy, but it already proved
useful for us, so it might be useful for you. To get a heap dump, compile
with ``-d:nimTypeNames`` and call ``dumpNumberOfInstances`` at a strategic place in your program.
This produces a list of used types in your program and for every type
This produces a list of the used types in your program and for every type
the total amount of object instances for this type as well as the total
amount of bytes these instances take up.