Refine language in Journals documentation

Updated wording for clarity and consistency in the Journals documentation.

Author: ppival

docs/doc/en/5.2.-Journals.md

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 # Journals
-You can record your thoughts when coding your data in journals. Make use of these to develop ideas and themes. 
-Journals can be exported as a single journal or all journal text can be collated and exported as a single file.
+You can record your thoughts when coding your data in journals. Use these to develop ideas and themes. 
+Journals can be exported as a single journal, or all journal text can be collated and exported as a single file.
 Journals can be deleted. Journals can have attributes.
 
-There is a search option to search through journal text. The search uses regex symbols for more flexibility.
+There is a search option for searching the journal text. The search uses regular expression (regex) symbols for greater flexibility.
 
-* A dot '.' is used as a wild card, e.g. '.ears' will match ‘bears’ and 'years'
-* A '?' after a character will match one or none times that character, e.g. 'bears?' will match 'bear' and 'bears'
+* A dot '.' is used as a wild card, e.g., '.ears' will match ‘bears’ and 'years'
+* A '?' after a character will match one or none times that character, e.g., 'bears?' will match 'bear' and 'bears'
 * A '*' after a character will match zero or more times. 
 * '\.' will match the dot symbol, '\?' will match the question mark. '\n' will match the line ending symbol.
 
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 You can sort journals by name or date. You can add attributes to journals. You can show rows of journals with a matching text name, coder or attribute value, using the right-click menu function.
 
-The journal window will be free floating, so that you can enter notes while coding or generating reports.
+The journal window will be free-floating, so that you can enter notes while coding or generating reports.
 
 ## Highlight journal text using markdown
 
 Some markdown is available to highlight wording in a journal.
-Using one to three hash symbols for heading levels. Single asterix surrounding words for italic text. Double asterix surround text for bold text.
+Use one to three hash symbols for heading levels. Single asterisk surrounding words for italic text. Double asterix surround text for bold text.
 
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