diff --git a/LDP/guide/docbook/abs-guide/abs-guide.xml b/LDP/guide/docbook/abs-guide/abs-guide.xml
index 52a54df1..a5b75f21 100644
--- a/LDP/guide/docbook/abs-guide/abs-guide.xml
+++ b/LDP/guide/docbook/abs-guide/abs-guide.xml
@@ -6689,7 +6689,7 @@ let "b = $a + 1.3"  # Error.
 echo "b = $b"       # b=1</programlisting>
       </para>
 
-      <para>Use <link linkend="bcref">bc</link> in scripts that that need floating
+      <para>Use <link linkend="bcref">bc</link> in scripts that need floating
 	point calculations or math library functions.</para></caution>
 
 
@@ -8802,7 +8802,7 @@ possibly_hanging_job &amp; {
 
 #  -------------------------------------------------------------- #
 
-#  However, this may not not work as specified if another process
+#  However, this may not work as specified if another process
 #+ begins to run after the "hanging_job" . . .
 #  In such a case, the wrong job may be killed.
 #  Ariel Meragelman suggests the following fix.
@@ -26974,7 +26974,7 @@ COMMAND7</programlisting>
 then
   echo "Variable is set."
 fi     #  Variable has been set in current script,
-       #+ or is an an internal Bash variable,
+       #+ or is an internal Bash variable,
        #+ or is present in environment (has been exported).
 
 # Could also be written [[ ${variable-x} != x || ${variable-y} != y ]]
@@ -33638,7 +33638,7 @@ bad_command arg1 arg2
   <itemizedlist>
 
       <listitem>
-	      <para>Bash now supports the the
+	      <para>Bash now supports the
 		<replaceable>\u</replaceable>
 		and <replaceable>\U</replaceable>
 		<firstterm>Unicode</firstterm> escape.</para>