small corrections in RGL document

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+Words: English-specific section+
+Words: English-specific rules+

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+Syntax: English-specific section+
+Syntax: English-specific rules+

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%!postproc(html) : "#BECE" "<center>"
%!postproc(tex) : "#ENCE" "end{center}"
%!postproc(html) : "#ENCE" "</center>"
%!postproc(tex) : "#HR" "hline"
%!postproc(html) : "#HR" "<hr>"
Also available for [Chinese gf-chinese.html] [Finnish gf-finnish.html] [French gf-french.html] [German gf-german.html] [Swedish gf-swedish.html]
#HR
**Digital grammars** are grammars usable by computers, so that they can mechanically perform
tasks like interpreting, producing, and translating languages. The **GF Resource Grammar Library**
(RGL) is a set of digital grammars which, at the time of writing, covers 28 languages. These grammars
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+Words: general section+
+Words: general rules+
Categories of words are called **lexical categories**.
The language-specific variation in lexical categories is due to **morphology**, that is, the different forms that
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|| name | text name | example | definition ||
| ``e`` | entity | //Paris// | (primitive)
| ``t`` | proposition | //Paris is large// | (primitive)
| ``t`` | proposition ("truth value") | //Paris is large// | (primitive)
| ``q`` | question | //is Paris large// | (primitive)
| ``p`` | top-level phrase | //Paris is large.// | (primitive)
| ``n`` | substantive ("noun") | //man// | ``e -> t``

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+Syntax: general section+
+Syntax: general rules+