--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/web2c/man/ptftopl.man
+++ texlive-bin/texk/web2c/man/ptftopl.man
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 .if n .ds LX LaTeX
 .\"=====================================================================
 .SH NAME
-ptftopl, uptftopl \- Convert Japanese p\*(TX font metric (JFM) files to propery list
+ptftopl, uptftopl \- Convert Japanese p\*(TX font metric (JFM) files to property list
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B ptftopl
 .RI [ OPTIONS ]
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/web2c/man/tie.man
+++ texlive-bin/texk/web2c/man/tie.man
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 The
 .B tie
 program is used to process multiple change files used with the WEB
-system for literate programming.  The WEB programs allow to apply
+system for literate programming.  The WEB programs allows one to apply
 patches to a source file (the
 .IR masterfile )
 by means of a number of change files (often only a single change file
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/web2c/synctexdir/man1/synctex.1
+++ texlive-bin/texk/web2c/synctexdir/man1/synctex.1
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 \fIcommand\fP [\fIoptions\fP] [\fIargs\fP]
 .Sh OVERVIEW
 The Synchronization TeXnology is a feature of recent TeX engines.
-It allows to synchronize between input and output,
+It allows one to synchronize between input and output,
 which means to navigate from the source document to the typeset material
 and vice versa.
 .Pp
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/web2c/synctexdir/man5/synctex.5
+++ texlive-bin/texk/web2c/synctexdir/man5/synctex.5
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 .El
 .Sh The post scriptum
 The post scriptum contains material possibly added by 3rd parties.
-It allows to append some transformation (shift and magnify).
+It allows one to append some transformation (shift and magnify).
 Typically, one applies a dvi to pdf filter with offset options and magnification,
 then he appends the same options to the synctex file, for example
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
--- texlive-bin.orig/utils/vlna/vlna-src/vlna.man
+++ texlive-bin/utils/vlna/vlna-src/vlna.man
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 .SH PREFACE
 There exists a special Czech and Slovak typographical rule: you cannot
 leave the non-syllabic preposition on the end of one line and continue
-writting text on next line. For example, 
+writing text on next line. For example, 
 you cannot write down the text "v lese" (in a forest) like 
 "v<new-line>lese". The program vlna adds the asciitilde
 between such preposition and the next word and removes the space(s) in
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/ps2pk/ps2pk.1
+++ texlive-bin/texk/ps2pk/ps2pk.1
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
 .IP type1 12
 The name of the PostScript type1 font.  The name of the AFM-file will be
-constructed from this name by removing the extension (if suplied) and
+constructed from this name by removing the extension (if supplied) and
 adding ".afm".  The PostScript "FontName" is extracted from the
 AFM-file and written into a "special" at the end of the pkfont.
 
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/ps2pk/pk2bm.1
+++ texlive-bin/texk/ps2pk/pk2bm.1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 .PP
 The pkfont is a packed fontfile generated by gftopk(TeX) from a 
 gffont. A gffont is the output of METAFONT a program to design fonts
-in a device independant way.
+in a device independent way.
 .PP
 With the -b flag a bitmap is generated in which all black pixels are
 drawn as a `*' and all white bits as a `.'. With the -h flag a 
--- texlive-bin.orig/utils/pmx/pmxab.1
+++ texlive-bin/utils/pmx/pmxab.1
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 It's usually invoked by a frontend musixtex(1).
 To use it to its full benefit you should have installed MusiXTeX Version 1.21
 or higher, and TeX itself.
-The goal of PMX is to faciliate the efficient typesetting of scores and parts
+The goal of PMX is to facilitate the efficient typesetting of scores and parts
 that have an almost professional appearance. To learn more about typesetting
 with PMX, please read the PMX Manual.
 
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/musixtnt/musixtnt-src/msxlint.1
+++ texlive-bin/texk/musixtnt/musixtnt-src/msxlint.1
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 If no
 .IR infiles
-are specifed, standard input is used.
+are specified, standard input is used.
 
 .SH USAGE
 
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/makejvf/makejvf.1
+++ texlive-bin/texk/makejvf/makejvf.1
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 have the exact character widths of PS fonts.
 .TP 5
 The program \fBmakejvf\fR can be used for this purpose. \
-It inputs a p\*(TX JFM file (refered to as <\fI\*(TX TFM file\fR> in \
+It inputs a p\*(TX JFM file (referred to as <\fI\*(TX TFM file\fR> in \
 \fBSYNOPSIS\fR above), and outputs a corresponding VF file \
 (with the same basename as <\fI\*(TX TFM file\fR>) and \
 a JFM file for a PS font JFM file (<\fIPS font TFM\fR> above).
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/dvipos/dvipos.1
+++ texlive-bin/texk/dvipos/dvipos.1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .BR tex (1)
 or
 .BR pdftex (1)
-auxilliary file, such as \fIdocument.tuo\fP, to be read in by the next
+auxiliary file, such as \fIdocument.tuo\fP, to be read in by the next
 run of the
 .BR tex (1)
 or similar typesetting engine.
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 .EE
 The position information that is output is collected by
 .BR texexec (1)
-to include in the \fInotes.tuo\fP auxilliary file to use in the next
+to include in the \fInotes.tuo\fP auxiliary file to use in the next
 run.
 
 
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/dviljk/dvilj.man
+++ texlive-bin/texk/dviljk/dvilj.man
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@
 .PP
 If \fB\-D1\fR was specified only odd pages will be printed, \fB\-D2\fR can be
 used for even pages. A trailing \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR (as in \fB\-D\-\fR, \fB\-D1\-\fR or
-\&\fB\-D2\-\fR) supresses printing of empty pages which are generated for
+\&\fB\-D2\-\fR) suppresses printing of empty pages which are generated for
 padding otherwise.
 .PP
 The driver allows the \fB\-D\fR option for both print-directions
--- texlive-bin.orig/utils/devnag/devnag.1
+++ texlive-bin/utils/devnag/devnag.1
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@
 was written by Frans J. Velthuis and is currently maintained by Zdenek
 Wagner as part of TeX Live <tex-live@tug.org>.
 .PP
-This manpage was written by Norbert Preining for Debian/GNU Linux and
+This manpage was written by Norbert Preining for Debian GNU/Linux and
 may be used, modified and/or distributed freely by anyone.
 
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/detex/detex-src/detex.man
+++ texlive-bin/texk/detex/detex-src/detex.man
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 TEXINPUTS.  It does \fInot\fP support the `//' directory expansion magic sequence.
 .PP
 Detex now handles the basic \fITeX\fP ligatures as a special case, replacing the
-ligatures with acceptable charater substitutes.  This eliminates
+ligatures with acceptable character substitutes.  This eliminates
 spelling errors introduced by merely removing them.  The ligatures are
 \\aa, \\ae, \\oe, \\ss, \\o, \\l (and their upper-case
 equivalents).  The special "dotless" characters \\i and \\j are also
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/dviout-util/chkdvifont.man
+++ texlive-bin/texk/dviout-util/chkdvifont.man
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 .if n .ds LX LaTeX
 \"=====================================================================
 .SH NAME
-chkdvifont \- CHecK DVI/tfm/font file and tell informations of FONTs
+chkdvifont \- CHecK DVI/tfm/font file and tell information of FONTs
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B chkdvifont
 [\fB\-s\fR] [\fB\-c\fR] [\fB-{f|F}\fI<font_data_file>\fR]
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/bibtex-x/bibtex8.1
+++ texlive-bin/texk/bibtex-x/bibtex8.1
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@
 was written by Niel Kempson <kempson@snowyowl.co.uk> and
 Alejandro Aguilar-Sierra <asierra@servidor.unam.mx>.
 This manpage was written for TeX Live, based on the work
-by Norbert Preining for Debian/GNU Linux.
+by Norbert Preining for Debian GNU/Linux.
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/bibtex-x/bibtexu.1
+++ texlive-bin/texk/bibtex-x/bibtexu.1
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 a better support for UTF-8 by integrating ICU library.  Therefore,
 .B BibTeXu
 no longer requires the Codepage and Sort order ("CS") file; instead,
-the method of sorting and case-changing can be controled via
+the method of sorting and case-changing can be controlled via
 command-line options.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
--- texlive-bin.orig/texk/afm2pl/afm2pl.1
+++ texlive-bin/texk/afm2pl/afm2pl.1
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 check your mapfiles
 if you have old afm2pl\-generated fonts using these\&.
 .PP
-Return value: 0 if no error; a negative number indicating the number of missing glyphs if conversion was otherwise successfull but glyphs are missing, and 1 in case of error\&.
+Return value: 0 if no error; a negative number indicating the number of missing glyphs if conversion was otherwise successful but glyphs are missing, and 1 in case of error\&.
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .PP
 \fB\-p\fR \fIencoding_file\fR
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 exists, afm2pl will use this file instead of
 name\&.enc, unless an option
 \-n
-is given\&. The generated mapfile entry (see below) instructs pdftex or the dvi driver to reencode the font on the fly\&. On\-the\-fly reencoding does not require virtual fonts\&.
+is given\&. The generated mapfile entry (see below) instructs pdftex or the dvi driver to re-encode the font on the fly\&. On\-the\-fly reencoding does not require virtual fonts\&.
 .RE
 .PP
 \fB\-o\fR
