6 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/chown.c b/coreutils/chown.c
index b73f66a89..42f973f32 100644
--- a/coreutils/chown.c
+++ b/coreutils/chown.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static int fileAction(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf,
                                 (gid == (gid_t)-1) ? statbuf->st_gid : gid)) {
                 return TRUE;
         }
-        bb_perror_msg("%s", fileName);  /* A filename could have % in it... */
+        bb_perror_msg("%s", fileName);  /* A filename can have % in it... */
         return FALSE;
 }
 
diff --git a/coreutils/du.c b/coreutils/du.c
index f61d978b7..efc449097 100644
--- a/coreutils/du.c
+++ b/coreutils/du.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ int du_main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
 #endif
 
-        /* Note: SUSv3 specifies that -a and -s options can not be used together
+        /* Note: SUSv3 specifies that -a and -s options cannot be used together
          * in strictly conforming applications.  However, it also says that some
          * du implementations may produce output when -a and -s are used together.
          * gnu du exits with an error code in this case.  We choose to simply
diff --git a/coreutils/expr.c b/coreutils/expr.c
index e7fdc5f1e..ea99d8b5b 100644
--- a/coreutils/expr.c
+++ b/coreutils/expr.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ of a basic regular expression is not portable; it is being ignored", pv->u.s);
         memset(&re_buffer, 0, sizeof(re_buffer));
         memset(re_regs, 0, sizeof(*re_regs));
         if (regcomp(&re_buffer, pv->u.s, 0) != 0)
-                bb_error_msg_and_die("Invalid regular expression");
+                bb_error_msg_and_die("invalid regular expression");
 
         /* expr uses an anchored pattern match, so check that there was a
          * match and that the match starts at offset 0. */
diff --git a/coreutils/install.c b/coreutils/install.c
index 2178d435d..54adc2b6e 100644
--- a/coreutils/install.c
+++ b/coreutils/install.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int install_main(int argc, char **argv)
         umask(0);
 
         /* Create directories
-         * dont use bb_make_directory() as it cant change uid or gid
+         * don't use bb_make_directory() as it can't change uid or gid
          * perhaps bb_make_directory() should be improved.
          */
         if (flags & INSTALL_OPT_DIRECTORY) {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int install_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                 }
                                 if (mkdir(*argv, mode) == -1) {
                                         if (errno != EEXIST) {
-                                                bb_perror_msg("coulnt create %s", *argv);
+                                                bb_perror_msg("cannot create %s", *argv);
                                                 ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
                                                 break;
                                         }
diff --git a/coreutils/nohup.c b/coreutils/nohup.c
index 439fbb173..21adfc1c3 100644
--- a/coreutils/nohup.c
+++ b/coreutils/nohup.c
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ int nohup_main(int argc, char **argv)
          * Else redirect to /dev/null.
          */
         temp = isatty(STDERR_FILENO);
-        if (temp) bb_error_msg("Appending to %s", nohupout);
+        if (temp) bb_error_msg("appending to %s", nohupout);
         dup2(temp ? STDOUT_FILENO : nullfd, STDERR_FILENO);
         close(nullfd);
         signal (SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
 
         execvp(argv[1],argv+1);
         if (00 && ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP && home) free(nohupout);
-        bb_perror_msg_and_die("%s",argv[1]);
+        bb_perror_msg_and_die("%s", argv[1]);
 }
diff --git a/coreutils/realpath.c b/coreutils/realpath.c
index 993fa1c9d..0fd2c7625 100644
--- a/coreutils/realpath.c
+++ b/coreutils/realpath.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 /* Mar 16, 2003      Manuel Novoa III   (mjn3@codepoet.org)
  *
  * Now does proper error checking on output and returns a failure exit code
- * if one or more paths can not be resolved.
+ * if one or more paths cannot be resolved.
  *
  * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */