NEWS: Minor reformatting and grammatical fixes

NEWS.md

@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ Compiler/Runtime improvements
 Library improvements
 --------------------
 
- * The package system (`Pkg`) is now based on the libgit2 library, rather than running the `git` program, increasing performance (especially on Windows) ([#11196]).
+ * The package system (`Pkg`) is now based on the `libgit2` library, rather
+ than running the `git` program, increasing performance (especially on
+ Windows) ([#11196]).
 
  * The `Base.Test` module now has a `@testset` feature to bundle
  tests together and delay throwing an error until the end ([#13062]).
 
- * The function `remotecall`, `remotecall_fetch`, and `remotecall_wait` now have the
+ * The functions `remotecall`, `remotecall_fetch`, and `remotecall_wait` now have the
  function argument as the first argument to allow for do-block syntax ([#13338]).
 
 Deprecated or removed
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ New language features
  * Support for inter-task communication using `Channels` ([#12264]).
  See http:https://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/parallel-computing/#channels for details.
 
- * RemoteRefs now point to remote channels. The remote channels can be of length greater than 1.
+ * `RemoteRef`s now point to remote channels. The remote channels can be of length greater than 1.
  Default continues to be of length 1 ([#12385]).
  See http:https://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/parallel-computing/#remoterefs-and-abstractchannels for details.
 
@@ -419,7 +421,7 @@ Library improvements
 
  * Other improvements
 
- * You can now tab-complete Emoji characters via their [short names](http:https://www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com/), using `\:name:<tab>` ([#10709]).
+ * You can now tab-complete emoji via their [short names](http:https://www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com/), using `\:name:<tab>` ([#10709]).
 
  * `gc_enable` subsumes `gc_disable`, and also returns the previous GC state.
 
@@ -433,9 +435,9 @@ Library improvements
 
  * Added `recvfrom` to get source address of UDP packets ([#9418]).
 
- * ClusterManager performance improvements ([#9309]) and support for changing transports([#9434]).
+ * `ClusterManager` performance improvements ([#9309]) and support for changing transports([#9434]).
 
- * Added Base.get_process_title / Base.set_process_title ([#9957]).
+ * Added `Base.get_process_title` / `Base.set_process_title` ([#9957]).
 
  * `readavailable` now returns a byte vector instead of a string.
 
@@ -479,7 +481,7 @@ Deprecated or removed
  end
  ```
 
- * indexing with Reals that are not subtypes of Integers (Rationals, AbstractFloat, etc.) has been deprecated ([#10458]).
+ * indexing with `Real`s that are not subtypes of `Integer` (`Rational`, `AbstractFloat`, etc.) has been deprecated ([#10458]).
 
  * `push!(A)` has been deprecated, use `append!` instead of splatting arguments to `push!` ([#10400]).
 
@@ -492,7 +494,7 @@ Deprecated or removed
  * The `Graphics` module has been removed from `Base` and is now a
  standalone package ([#10150], [#9862]).
 
- * The `Woodbury` special matrix type has been removed from LinAlg ([#10024]).
+ * The `Woodbury` special matrix type has been removed from `LinAlg` ([#10024]).
 
  * `median` and `median!` no longer accept a `checknan` keyword argument ([#8605]).