diff --git a/general/prog/gcc2/gcc2-desc.xml b/general/prog/gcc2/gcc2-desc.xml
index e900a5339e..27bd5a25e4 100644
--- a/general/prog/gcc2/gcc2-desc.xml
+++ b/general/prog/gcc2/gcc2-desc.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Contents
The gcc-&gcc2-version; package contains the
-gcc-&gcc2-version; c and c++ compilers
+gcc-&gcc2-version; C and C++ compilers
and gcc-&gcc2-version;
libstdc++.so that is required by some commercial and pre-compiled
packages.
diff --git a/general/prog/gcc2/gcc2-inst.xml b/general/prog/gcc2/gcc2-inst.xml
index 8f97e85619..accfad3252 100644
--- a/general/prog/gcc2/gcc2-inst.xml
+++ b/general/prog/gcc2/gcc2-inst.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-&gcc2-version;-no-fixinc.patch
mkdir ../gcc-build &&
cd ../gcc-build
-Configure gcc to build the c and c++ compilers and enable the related c++
+Configure gcc to build the C and C++ compilers and enable the related C++
options.
../gcc-&gcc2-version;/configure \
--prefix=/opt/gcc2 \
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rm -rf /opt/gcc2/{i686-pc-linux-gnu,info,man}
L=`find /opt/gcc2/lib -name "*libstdc++*.so" -type f` &&
IL=`basename $L`
-Move the c++ libraries to the standard lib directory to avoid having to
+Move the C++ libraries to the standard lib directory to avoid having to
add /opt/gcc2/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf.
for i in /opt/gcc2/lib/*.so*; do mv -f $i /usr/lib;
diff --git a/multimedia/audioutils/vorbistools/vorbistools-desc.xml b/multimedia/audioutils/vorbistools/vorbistools-desc.xml
index bc244b2b94..6628dfa077 100644
--- a/multimedia/audioutils/vorbistools/vorbistools-desc.xml
+++ b/multimedia/audioutils/vorbistools/vorbistools-desc.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ PCM audio files (WAV or RAW).
into an Ogg Vorbis stream.
ogg123
-ogg123 is a commandline audio player for Ogg Vorbis streams.
+ogg123 is a command line audio player for Ogg Vorbis streams.
ogginfo
ogginfo prints information stored in the audio
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/nas/nas-intro.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/nas/nas-intro.xml
index 9db784192f..f2cd07725e 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/nas/nas-intro.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/nas/nas-intro.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Version used: &nas-version;
Package size: &nas-size;
Estimated Disk space required: &nas-buildsize;
-The Network Audio System is a network trasparent, client/server audio
+The Network Audio System is a network transparent, client/server audio
transport system. It can be described as the audio equivalent of an X
server.
diff --git a/multimedia/videoutils/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.ent b/multimedia/videoutils/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.ent
index d836aaeec9..580300097d 100644
--- a/multimedia/videoutils/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.ent
+++ b/multimedia/videoutils/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.ent
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
-
+
diff --git a/multimedia/videoutils/mplayer/mplayer-exp.xml b/multimedia/videoutils/mplayer/mplayer-exp.xml
index faf1b1e8c9..0966eefdba 100644
--- a/multimedia/videoutils/mplayer/mplayer-exp.xml
+++ b/multimedia/videoutils/mplayer/mplayer-exp.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MPlayer to utilize freetype fonts instead of the fonts provided by mplayer.--enable-gui : This switch tells MPlayer to compile the gui interface code.
--enable-menu --enable-new-conf : These
-switches enable the new menu support. It's like an OSD, but youi can
+switches enable the new menu support. It's like an OSD, but you can
also run a shell with it.
--enable-shared-pp : This enables the
diff --git a/multimedia/videoutils/transcode/transcode-desc.xml b/multimedia/videoutils/transcode/transcode-desc.xml
index 497e8dd41d..10d079b6e2 100644
--- a/multimedia/videoutils/transcode/transcode-desc.xml
+++ b/multimedia/videoutils/transcode/transcode-desc.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ streams.
(RGB >-< YUV or similar).
tcprobe
-tcprobe prints informations about the input file format.
+tcprobe prints information about the input file format.
tcscan
tcscan performs several measurements on the given input
diff --git a/multimedia/videoutils/transcode/transcode-inst.xml b/multimedia/videoutils/transcode/transcode-inst.xml
index 58eed948ec..42a87b1c9b 100644
--- a/multimedia/videoutils/transcode/transcode-inst.xml
+++ b/multimedia/videoutils/transcode/transcode-inst.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ compileable versions, so the displeasure of the users majority canalized
into a new project named Xvid.
Xvid development was interrupted in Autumn 2002 due to a code-theft
-the developers at Sigma design commited but it is continued now.
+the developers at Sigma design committed but it is continued now.
For worse luck, OpenDivX and Xvid are using the same header file
names (an issue that wouldn't be resolved easily) and function namespace,
diff --git a/multimedia/videoutils/transcode/transcode-intro.xml b/multimedia/videoutils/transcode/transcode-intro.xml
index 9577184b32..cb4d38f529 100644
--- a/multimedia/videoutils/transcode/transcode-intro.xml
+++ b/multimedia/videoutils/transcode/transcode-intro.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Version used: &transcode-version;
Package size: &transcode-size;
Estimated Disk space required: &transcode-buildsize;
-transcode is a fast versatile commandline based auido/video everything
+transcode is a fast versatile command line based auido/video everything
to everything converter.
diff --git a/pst/scanning/sane/sane-intro.xml b/pst/scanning/sane/sane-intro.xml
index da2a803aa4..7378f3cfec 100644
--- a/pst/scanning/sane/sane-intro.xml
+++ b/pst/scanning/sane/sane-intro.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Estimated Disk space required: &sane-be-buildsize; (Backends), &sane-fe-buildsi
SANE is short for Scanner Access Now Easy. Alas, scanner access is
not really easy, since every vendor has own protocols. The only known
protocol that should bring some unity into this chaos is the TWAIN interface,
-but this is too unprecise to allow a stable scanning framework. Therefore,
+but this is too imprecise to allow a stable scanning framework. Therefore,
SANE comes with its own protocol, so the vendor drivers can't be used.
SANE is split into backends and frontends. The backends are drivers