DOC: Make grammatical corrections [ci doc]

llohse · Jan 19, 2026 · Jan 20, 2026 · Jan 22, 2026 · Jan 21, 2026 · Dec 1, 2025
commit 6bea6f6f71ba64a85db428610d2795556fd3fe97
diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ on_finish:
   - codecov -e PYTHON_VERSION PLATFORM -n "%PYTHON_VERSION% Windows"
 
 on_failure:
-  # Generate a html for visual tests
+  # Generate an html for visual tests
   - python tools/visualize_tests.py --no-browser
   - echo zipping images after a failure...
   - 7z a result_images.zip result_images\ | grep -v "Compressing"

diff --git a/galleries/users_explain/animations/animations.py b/galleries/users_explain/animations/animations.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 # 4) Save or show the animation using one of the following methods:
 #
 #    - `.pyplot.show` to show the animation in a window
-#    - `.Animation.to_html5_video` to create a HTML ``<video>`` tag
+#    - `.Animation.to_html5_video` to create an HTML ``<video>`` tag
 #    - `.Animation.to_jshtml` to create HTML code with interactive JavaScript animation
 #      controls
 #    - `.Animation.save` to save the animation to a file

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/artist.py b/lib/matplotlib/artist.py
@@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ def kwdoc(artist):
     -------
     str
         The settable properties of *artist*, as plain text if
-        :rc:`docstring.hardcopy` is False and as a rst table (intended for
+        :rc:`docstring.hardcopy` is False and as an rst table (intended for
         use in Sphinx) if it is True.
     """
     ai = ArtistInspector(artist)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ def _recolor_icon(image, color):
         # Use the high-resolution (48x48 px) icon if it exists and is needed
         with Image.open(path_large if (size > 24 and path_large.exists())
                         else path_regular) as im:
-            # assure a RGBA image as foreground color is RGB
+            # assure an RGBA image as foreground color is RGB
             im = im.convert("RGBA")
             image = ImageTk.PhotoImage(im.resize((size, size)), master=self)
             button._ntimage = image

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/testing/compare.py b/lib/matplotlib/testing/compare.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def __del__(self):
 
 class _SVGWithMatplotlibFontsConverter(_SVGConverter):
     """
-    A SVG converter which explicitly adds the fonts shipped by Matplotlib to
+    An SVG converter which explicitly adds the fonts shipped by Matplotlib to
     Inkspace's font search path, to better support `svg.fonttype = "none"`
     (which is in particular used by certain mathtext tests).
     """

diff --git a/tools/visualize_tests.py b/tools/visualize_tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
-# This builds a html page of all images from the image comparison tests
+# This builds an html page of all images from the image comparison tests
 # and opens that page in the browser.
 #
 #   $ python tools/visualize_tests.py