--- a/scripts/general/nthroot.m	Tue Jan 13 00:27:03 2009 -0500
+++ b/scripts/general/nthroot.m	Tue Jan 13 00:27:07 2009 -0500
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} nthroot (@var{x}, @var{n})
 ## 
-## Compute the nth root of @var{x}, returning real results for real 
+## Compute the n-th root of @var{x}, returning real results for real 
 ## components of @var{x}. For example
 ##
 ## @example

--- a/scripts/geometry/rectint.m	Tue Jan 13 00:27:03 2009 -0500
+++ b/scripts/geometry/rectint.m	Tue Jan 13 00:27:07 2009 -0500
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 ## dimensions.
 ##
 ## If @var{a} or @var{b} are matrices, then the output, @var{area}, is a
-## matrix where the ith row corresponds to the ith row of a and the jth
-## column corresponds to the jth row of b.
+## matrix where the i-th row corresponds to the i-th row of a and the j-th
+## column corresponds to the j-th row of b.
 ##
 ## @seealso{polyarea}
 ## @end deftypefn

--- a/scripts/linear-algebra/housh.m	Tue Jan 13 00:27:03 2009 -0500
+++ b/scripts/linear-algebra/housh.m	Tue Jan 13 00:27:07 2009 -0500
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{housv}, @var{beta}, @var{zer}] =} housh (@var{x}, @var{j}, @var{z})
 ## Compute Householder reflection vector @var{housv} to reflect @var{x}
-## to be the jth column of identity, i.e.,
+## to be the j-th column of identity, i.e.,
 ##
 ## @example
 ## @group

--- a/scripts/plot/ndgrid.m	Tue Jan 13 00:27:03 2009 -0500
+++ b/scripts/plot/ndgrid.m	Tue Jan 13 00:27:07 2009 -0500
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{y1}, @var{y2}, @dots{},  @var{y}n] =} ndgrid (@var{x1}, @var{x2}, @dots{}, @var{x}n)
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{y1}, @var{y2}, @dots{},  @var{y}n] =} ndgrid (@var{x})
 ## Given n vectors @var{x1}, @dots{} @var{x}n, @code{ndgrid} returns
-## n arrays of dimension n.  The elements of the ith output argument
+## n arrays of dimension n.  The elements of the i-th output argument
 ## contains the elements of the vector @var{x}i repeated over all
-## dimensions different from the ith dimension.  Calling ndgrid with
+## dimensions different from the i-th dimension.  Calling ndgrid with
 ## only one input argument @var{x} is equivalent of calling ndgrid with
 ## all n input arguments equal to @var{x}:
 ##

--- a/scripts/polynomial/mkpp.m	Tue Jan 13 00:27:03 2009 -0500
+++ b/scripts/polynomial/mkpp.m	Tue Jan 13 00:27:07 2009 -0500
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{pp} =} mkpp (@var{x}, @var{p}, @var{d})
 ## 
 ## Construct a piece-wise polynomial structure from sample points
-## @var{x} and coefficients @var{p}.  The ith row of @var{p},
+## @var{x} and coefficients @var{p}.  The i-th row of @var{p},
 ## @code{@var{p} (@var{i},:)}, contains the coefficients for the polynomial
 ## over the @var{i}-th interval, ordered from highest to 
 ## lowest. There must be one row for each interval in @var{x}, so 

--- a/scripts/polynomial/residue.m	Tue Jan 13 00:27:03 2009 -0500
+++ b/scripts/polynomial/residue.m	Tue Jan 13 00:27:07 2009 -0500
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 ## where @math{M} is the number of poles (the length of the @var{r},
 ## @var{p}, and @var{e}), the @var{k} vector is a polynomial of order @math{N-1}
 ## representing the direct contribution, and the @var{e} vector specifies
-## the multiplicity of the mth residue's pole.
+## the multiplicity of the m-th residue's pole.
 ##
 ## For example,
 ##