1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/usage.h b/usage.h
index aa66d3733..da09c72c6 100644
--- a/usage.h
+++ b/usage.h
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 #define dc_full_usage \
         "This is a Tiny RPN calculator that understands the\n" \
         "following operations: +, -, /, *, and, or, not, eor.\n" \
-        "i.e. 'dc 2 2 add' -> 4, and 'dc 8 8 \\* 2 2 + /' -> 16"
+        "i.e., 'dc 2 2 add' -> 4, and 'dc 8 8 \\* 2 2 + /' -> 16"
 #define dc_example_usage \
         "$ dc 2 2 +\n" \
         "4\n" \
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
         "\n\t-h\tprint sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 243M 2G )\n" \
         "\t-m\tprint sizes in megabytes\n" \
         "\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(default)") USAGE_NOT_HUMAN_READABLE( \
-        "\n\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatability)")
+        "\n\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatibility)")
 #define df_example_usage \
         "$ df\n" \
         "Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on\n" \
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
         "\t-f\tDisplay control field name starting with [argument]\n" \
         "\t-I\tDisplay the control filenamed [argument]\n" \
         "\t-t\tExtract filesystem tree to stdout in tar format\n" \
-        "\t-x\tExctract packages filesystem tree to directory\n" \
+        "\t-x\tExtract packages filesystem tree to directory\n" \
         "\t-X\tVerbose extract"
 #define dpkg_deb_example_usage \
         "$ dpkg-deb -X ./busybox_0.48-1_i386.deb /tmp\n"
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
         "\n\t-h\tprint sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 243M 2G )\n" \
         "\t-m\tprint sizes in megabytes\n" \
         "\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(default)") USAGE_NOT_HUMAN_READABLE( \
-        "\n\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatability)")
+        "\n\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatibility)")
 #define du_example_usage \
         "$ du\n" \
         "16      ./CVS\n" \
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
         "[FILE]"
 #define dutmp_full_usage \
         "Dump utmp file format (pipe delimited) from FILE\n" \
-        "or stdin to stdout.  (i.e. 'dutmp /var/run/utmp')"
+        "or stdin to stdout.  (i.e., 'dutmp /var/run/utmp')"
 #define dutmp_example_usage \
         "$ dutmp /var/run/utmp\n" \
         "8|7||si|||0|0|0|955637625|760097|0\n" \
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
         "Prints the specified ARGs to stdout\n\n" \
         "Options:\n" \
         "\t-n\tsuppress trailing newline\n" \
-        "\t-e\tinterpret backslash-escaped characters (i.e. \\t=tab etc)\n" \
+        "\t-e\tinterpret backslash-escaped characters (i.e., \\t=tab)\n" \
         "\t-E\tdisable interpretation of backslash-escaped characters"
 #define echo_example_usage \
         "$ echo "Erik is cool"\n" \
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@
 "                       sysinit actions are completed before continuing.  Following the\n" \
 "                       completion of all sysinit actions, all 'wait' actions are run.\n" \
 "                       'wait' actions, like  'sysinit' actions, cause init to wait until\n" \
-"                       the specified task completes.  'once' actions are asyncronous,\n" \
+"                       the specified task completes.  'once' actions are asynchronous,\n" \
 "                       therefore, init does not wait for them to complete.  'ctrlaltdel'\n" \
 "                       actions are run when the system detects that someone on the system\n" \
 "                       console has pressed the CTRL-ALT-DEL key combination.  Typically one\n" \
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@
         USAGE_HUMAN_READABLE( \
         "\t-h\tprint sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 243M 2G )\n" \
         "\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(default)") USAGE_NOT_HUMAN_READABLE( \
-        "\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatability)") 
+        "\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatibility)") 
 
 #define lsmod_trivial_usage \
         ""
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@
         "[-q] TEMPLATE"
 #define mktemp_full_usage \
         "Creates a temporary file with its name based on TEMPLATE.\n" \
-        "TEMPLATE is any name with six `Xs' (i.e. /tmp/temp.XXXXXX)."
+        "TEMPLATE is any name with six `Xs' (i.e., /tmp/temp.XXXXXX)."
 #define mktemp_example_usage \
         "$ mktemp /tmp/temp.XXXXXX\n" \
         "/tmp/temp.mWiLjM\n" \
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@
         "\nFlags:\n" "\t-a\tUnmount all file systems" \
         USAGE_MTAB(" in /etc/mtab\n\t-n\tDon't erase /etc/mtab entries") \
         "\n\t-r\tTry to remount devices as read-only if mount is busy" \
-        USAGE_MOUNT_FORCE("\n\t-f\tForce umount (i.e. unreachable NFS server)") \
+        USAGE_MOUNT_FORCE("\n\t-f\tForce umount (i.e., unreachable NFS server)") \
         USAGE_MOUNT_LOOP("\n\t-l\tDo not free loop device (if a loop device has been used)")
 #define umount_example_usage \
         "$ umount /dev/hdc1 \n"