howto: grammar and spelling fixes

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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ various "third party" notmuch utilities.
   Notmuch requires either [maildir
   flag](http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html) or a "mh"-style
   maildirectory to operate on.  Basically any setup in which each mail
-  is in a file of it's own will work.  Here are some generally
+  is in a file of its own will work.  Here are some generally
   well-regarded mail retrieval tools:
 
   * [offlineimap](https://github.com/jgoerzen/offlineimap/wiki/) -
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ various "third party" notmuch utilities.
 
   Notmuch includes python bindings to the notmuch shared library,
   called [cnotmuch](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cnotmuch).  Extensive
-  API documentation available.
+  API documentation is available.
 
   The bindings are very simple to use.  As an example, given you have
   the python bindings installed (or simply set your PYTHONPATH
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ various "third party" notmuch utilities.
 * <span id="sync_maildir_flags">**Sync notmuch tags and maildir flags**</span>
 
   notmuch **since version 0.5** syncs maildir flags and respective
-  tags in both directions.  This how to applies only to notmuch
-  prior version 0.5:
+  tags in both directions. This part applies only to notmuch prior to
+  version 0.5:
 
   Some IMAP users rely on maildir flags that convey the status "seen",
   "replied", "trashed", in order to synchronize the status of their
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ various "third party" notmuch utilities.
   flag](http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html) is simply a defined part
   of their filename).  Notmuch will by default happily ignore those
   flags and will never modify them either, as there is no built-in
-  support for sunchronizing your notmuch tags with your imap maildir
+  support for synchronizing your notmuch tags with your imap maildir
   flags (seen, replied, trashed, etc). However there are currently 2
   ways in which you can achieve synchronization.
 
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ various "third party" notmuch utilities.
 
 * <span id="print_filenames">**Using notmuch with Mutt**</span>
 
-  Notmuch is a great mail indexing tool than can also be used *in conjunction*
+  Notmuch is a great mail indexing tool that can also be used *in conjunction*
   with existing Mail User Agents (MUA) instead of replacing them. The advantage
   of such mixed solutions is that users can benefit from notmuch features (such
   as full-text search and thread reconstruction) without *having to* change
   MUA.
-  
+
   A popular geek MUA is [the Mutt e-mail client](http://www.mutt.org);
   integrating notmuch with Mutt is fairly straightforward. An
   [**how to use Notmuch with Mutt**](http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2011/01/how_to_use_Notmuch_with_Mutt/)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ various "third party" notmuch utilities.
   out the
   [howto](http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2011/01/how_to_use_Notmuch_with_Mutt/)
   for more information.
-  
+
   <small>(Note by the howto author: I've linked the howto from this wiki rather
   than splicing it in, in order to avoid duplication of information. If you
   think it would be better to have it here, feel free to copy the text