doc: Fix broken English in the common options description

Signed-off-by: Derek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis@gmail.com>
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Derek Buitenhuis 12 years ago
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      doc/avtools-common-opts.texi

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All the numerical options, if not specified otherwise, accept in input All the numerical options, if not specified otherwise, accept a string
a string representing a number, which may contain one of the representing a number as input, which may be followed by one of the SI
SI unit prefixes, for example 'K', 'M', 'G'. unit prefixes, for example: 'K', 'M', or 'G'.
If 'i' is appended after the prefix, binary prefixes are used,
which are based on powers of 1024 instead of powers of 1000. If 'i' is appended to the SI unit prefix, the complete prefix will be
The 'B' postfix multiplies the value by 8, and can be interpreted as a unit prefix for binary multiplies, which are based on
appended after a unit prefix or used alone. This allows using for powers of 1024 instead of powers of 1000. Appending 'B' to the SI unit
example 'KB', 'MiB', 'G' and 'B' as number postfix. prefix multiplies the value by 8. This allows using, for example:
'KB', 'MiB', 'G' and 'B' as number suffixes.
Options which do not take arguments are boolean options, and set the Options which do not take arguments are boolean options, and set the
corresponding value to true. They can be set to false by prefixing corresponding value to true. They can be set to false by prefixing
with "no" the option name, for example using "-nofoo" in the the option name with "no". For example using "-nofoo"
command line will set to false the boolean option with name "foo". will set the boolean option with name "foo" to false.
@anchor{Stream specifiers} @anchor{Stream specifiers}
@section Stream specifiers @section Stream specifiers

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