Index: chapter06/config-glibc.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/config-glibc.xml	(revision 2263262c86c80af276c71b7637ab8a90a3b7bf42)
+++ chapter06/config-glibc.xml	(revision a47ad43e4ea867315cd557013e07fc44bb886efd)
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 <para>We need to create the /etc/nsswitch.conf file. Although glibc should 
 provide defaults when this file is missing or corrupt, its defaults don't work
-well with networking which will be dealt with in a later chapter. Also, our
+well with networking. That is dealt with in a later chapter. Also, our
 timezone needs to be set up.</para>
 
Index: chapter06/config-keyboard.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/config-keyboard.xml	(revision 2263262c86c80af276c71b7637ab8a90a3b7bf42)
+++ chapter06/config-keyboard.xml	(revision a47ad43e4ea867315cd557013e07fc44bb886efd)
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 the keymap directly into the kernel. This will make sure that your
 keyboard always works as expected, even when you have booted into
-maintenance mode (by passing `init=/bin/sh' to the kernel) in which case
+maintenance mode (by passing `init=/bin/sh' to the kernel), in which case
 the bootscript that normally sets up your keymap isn't run.</para>
 
Index: chapter06/config-ldso.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/config-ldso.xml	(revision 2263262c86c80af276c71b7637ab8a90a3b7bf42)
+++ chapter06/config-ldso.xml	(revision a47ad43e4ea867315cd557013e07fc44bb886efd)
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
 directories other than <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
 <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, you need to add them to
-the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file in order for the dynamic
+the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file for the dynamic
 loader to find them. Two directories that are commonly known to contain
 additional libraries are <filename
Index: chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml	(revision 2263262c86c80af276c71b7637ab8a90a3b7bf42)
+++ chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml	(revision a47ad43e4ea867315cd557013e07fc44bb886efd)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <sect2><title>Configuring Shadow Password Suite</title>
 
-<para>This package contains utilities to modify users's passwords, add
+<para>This package contains utilities to modify users' passwords, add
 or delete users and groups, and the like. We're not going to explain 
 what 'password shadowing' means. A full explanation can be found in the doc/HOWTO
Index: chapter06/config-vim.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/config-vim.xml	(revision 2263262c86c80af276c71b7637ab8a90a3b7bf42)
+++ chapter06/config-vim.xml	(revision a47ad43e4ea867315cd557013e07fc44bb886efd)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <sect2><title>Configuring Vim</title>
 
-<para>By default vim runs in vi compatible mode. Some people might like this,
+<para>By default, vim runs in vi compatible mode. Some people might like this,
 but we have a high preference to run vim in vim mode (else we wouldn't
 have included vim in this book, but the original vi). Create the
Index: chapter06/create-utmp.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/create-utmp.xml	(revision 2263262c86c80af276c71b7637ab8a90a3b7bf42)
+++ chapter06/create-utmp.xml	(revision a47ad43e4ea867315cd557013e07fc44bb886efd)
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 
 <para>Programs like login, shutdown, uptime and others want to read from and 
-write to the /var/run/utmp /var/log/btmp and /var/log/wtmp. These files contain 
-information about who is currently logged in. It also contains information 
+write to the /var/run/utmp, /var/log/btmp and /var/log/wtmp. These files contain 
+information about who is currently logged in. They also contain information 
 on when the computer was last booted and shutdown and a record of the
 bad login attempts.</para>
Index: chapter06/procps-exp.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/procps-exp.xml	(revision 2263262c86c80af276c71b7637ab8a90a3b7bf42)
+++ chapter06/procps-exp.xml	(revision a47ad43e4ea867315cd557013e07fc44bb886efd)
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 This will set the Makefile variable XSCPT to an empty value so that
 the XConsole installation is disabled. Otherwise "Make install" tries to
-copy the file XConsole to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults. And that directory 
-does not exist, because X is not installed.</para>
+copy the file XConsole to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults. That directory 
+does not exist because X is not installed.</para>
 
 </sect2>
Index: chapter06/psmisc-inst.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/psmisc-inst.xml	(revision 2263262c86c80af276c71b7637ab8a90a3b7bf42)
+++ chapter06/psmisc-inst.xml	(revision a47ad43e4ea867315cd557013e07fc44bb886efd)
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 <para>Psmisc installs the
 <filename>/usr/share/man/man1/pidof.1</filename> man page, but Psmisc's
-pidof program isn't installed by default. Generally this isn't a problem,
-because we install the Sysvinit package later on which provides
+pidof program isn't installed by default. Generally, this isn't a problem
+because we later install the Sysvinit package, which provides
 a better pidof program.</para>
 
 <para>It's up to you now to decide if you are going to use the Sysvinit 
-package which provides a pidof program, or not. If you are going to, you 
+package, which provides a pidof program, or not. If you are going to, you 
 should remove Psmisc's pidof man page by running:</para>
 
Index: chapter06/shadowpwd-exp.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/shadowpwd-exp.xml	(revision 2263262c86c80af276c71b7637ab8a90a3b7bf42)
+++ chapter06/shadowpwd-exp.xml	(revision a47ad43e4ea867315cd557013e07fc44bb886efd)
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 <para><userinput>cp limits login.access /etc:</userinput> These files
-were not installed during the installation of the package so we copy
-them manually as those files are used to configure authentication
+were not installed during the installation of the package, so we copy
+them manually because those files are used to configure authentication
 details on the system.</para>
 
Index: chapter06/shadowpwd-inst.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/shadowpwd-inst.xml	(revision 2263262c86c80af276c71b7637ab8a90a3b7bf42)
+++ chapter06/shadowpwd-inst.xml	(revision a47ad43e4ea867315cd557013e07fc44bb886efd)
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 <para>Before you install this package, you may want to have a look at
 the Shadow hint. It discusses how you can make your system more secure
-regarding passwords, such as how to enable the more secure MD5 passwords,
+regarding passwords, such as how to enable the more secure MD5 passwords
 and how to get the most out of this Shadow package. The Shadow hint can
 be found at <ulink url="&hints-root;shadowpasswd_plus.txt"/>.</para>
Index: chapter06/sysvinit-inst.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/sysvinit-inst.xml	(revision 2263262c86c80af276c71b7637ab8a90a3b7bf42)
+++ chapter06/sysvinit-inst.xml	(revision a47ad43e4ea867315cd557013e07fc44bb886efd)
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 <title>Installation of Sysvinit</title>
 
-<para>When run levels are changed (for example, when halting the system)
+<para>When run levels are changed (for example, when halting the system),
 init sends the TERM and KILL signals to the processes which it started.
 init prints "Sending processes the TERM signal" to the screen. This seems
Index: chapter06/tar-inst.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/tar-inst.xml	(revision 2263262c86c80af276c71b7637ab8a90a3b7bf42)
+++ chapter06/tar-inst.xml	(revision a47ad43e4ea867315cd557013e07fc44bb886efd)
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@
 use the tar
 patch available from the LFS FTP site. This patch will add the -j option
-to tar which works the same as the -z option to tar (which can be used
-for gzip files).</para>
+to tar, which works the same as the -z option used for gzip files.</para>
  
 <para>Apply the patch by running the following command:</para>
Index: chapter06/utillinux-inst.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/utillinux-inst.xml	(revision 2263262c86c80af276c71b7637ab8a90a3b7bf42)
+++ chapter06/utillinux-inst.xml	(revision a47ad43e4ea867315cd557013e07fc44bb886efd)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <title>FHS compliance notes</title>
 
-<para>The FHS recommends that we use /var/lib/hwclock as the location of the 
-adjtime file, instead of the usual /etc. To make hwclock, which is part of the
-util-linux package, FHS-compliant, run the following.</para>
+<para>The FHS recommends that we use /var/lib/hwclock, instead of the
+usual /etc, as the location of the adjtime file. To make hwclock, which
+is part of the util-linux package, FHS-compliant, run the following.</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>cp hwclock/hwclock.c{,.backup} &amp;&amp;
