diff --git a/dlls/commdlg/colordlg.c b/dlls/commdlg/colordlg.c
index 5b2dc49170a..8091c37b9d5 100644
--- a/dlls/commdlg/colordlg.c
+++ b/dlls/commdlg/colordlg.c
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ static LONG CC_WMInitDialog( HWND hDlg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam, BOOL b16 )
    lpp->s = CC_RGBtoHSL('S', r, g, b);
    lpp->l = CC_RGBtoHSL('L', r, g, b);
 
-   /* Doing it the long way becaus CC_EditSetRGB/HSL doesn'nt seem to work */
+   /* Doing it the long way because CC_EditSetRGB/HSL doesn't seem to work */
    SetDlgItemInt(hDlg, 703, lpp->h, TRUE);
    SetDlgItemInt(hDlg, 704, lpp->s, TRUE);
    SetDlgItemInt(hDlg, 705, lpp->l, TRUE);
diff --git a/dlls/commdlg/filedlg95.c b/dlls/commdlg/filedlg95.c
index d25c092aded..8e6135fe1e6 100644
--- a/dlls/commdlg/filedlg95.c
+++ b/dlls/commdlg/filedlg95.c
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  *
  * FIXME: The whole concept of handling unicode is badly broken.
- *	many hook-messages expecting a pointer to a
+ *	many hook-messages expect a pointer to a
  *	OPENFILENAMEA or W structure. With the current architecture
  *	we would have to convert the beast at every call to a hook.
- *	we have to find a better solution but if would likely cause
- *	a complete rewrite with after we shouldhandle the
+ *	we have to find a better solution but it would likely cause
+ *	a complete rewrite after which we should handle the
  *	OPENFILENAME structure without any converting (jsch).
  *
  * FIXME: any hook gets a OPENFILENAMEA structure
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ static LRESULT FILEDLG95_InitControls(HWND hwnd)
           TRACE("No initial dir specified, using current dir of %s\n", debugstr_w(fodInfos->initdir));
       }
   }
-  TRACE("After manipilation, file = %s, dir = %s\n", debugstr_w(fodInfos->filename), debugstr_w(fodInfos->initdir));
+  TRACE("After manipulation, file = %s, dir = %s\n", debugstr_w(fodInfos->filename), debugstr_w(fodInfos->initdir));
 
   /* Must the open as read only check box be checked ?*/
   if(fodInfos->ofnInfos->Flags & OFN_READONLY)
@@ -2743,7 +2743,7 @@ void FILEDLG95_FILENAME_FillFromSelection (HWND hwnd)
 
         if (pidl)
 	{
-          /* get the total length of the selected file names*/
+          /* get the total length of the selected file names */
           lpstrTemp[0] = '\0';
           GetName( fodInfos->Shell.FOIShellFolder, pidl, SHGDN_INFOLDER|SHGDN_FORPARSING, lpstrTemp );
 
diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/rtlbitmap.c b/dlls/ntdll/rtlbitmap.c
index 924a6e01cff..3190d2d1930 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/rtlbitmap.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/rtlbitmap.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ CCHAR WINAPI RtlFindLeastSignificantBit(ULONGLONG ulLong)
 /*************************************************************************
  * NTDLL_RunSortFn
  *
- * Internal helper: qsort comparason function for RTL_BITMAP_RUN arrays
+ * Internal helper: qsort comparison function for RTL_BITMAP_RUN arrays
  */
 static int NTDLL_RunSortFn(const void *lhs, const void *rhs)
 {
diff --git a/dlls/setupapi/dirid.c b/dlls/setupapi/dirid.c
index d7016ae1d12..336812e418c 100644
--- a/dlls/setupapi/dirid.c
+++ b/dlls/setupapi/dirid.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static const WCHAR *create_system_dirid( int dirid )
     case DIRID_COLOR:  /* FIXME */
     case DIRID_PRINTPROCESSOR:  /* FIXME */
     default:
-        FIXME( "unknwon dirid %d\n", dirid );
+        FIXME( "unknown dirid %d\n", dirid );
         return get_unknown_dirid();
     }
     len = (strlenW(buffer) + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR);
diff --git a/dlls/shdocvw/events.c b/dlls/shdocvw/events.c
index b85583e36f3..08b1544cedc 100644
--- a/dlls/shdocvw/events.c
+++ b/dlls/shdocvw/events.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI WBCP_Advise(LPCONNECTIONPOINT iface,
 static HRESULT WINAPI WBCP_Unadvise(LPCONNECTIONPOINT iface,
                                     DWORD dwCookie)
 {
-    FIXME("stub: cookie to disconnect = %ld\n", dwCookie);
+    FIXME("stub: cookie to disconnect = %lx\n", dwCookie);
     return S_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/dlls/shell32/shell32_main.c b/dlls/shell32/shell32_main.c
index 50f0a7e6bc1..0cb62da984f 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/shell32_main.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/shell32_main.c
@@ -298,8 +298,9 @@ DWORD WINAPI SHGetFileInfoA(LPCSTR path,DWORD dwFileAttributes,
       }
 
 
-	/* translate the path into a pidl only when SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES in not specified
-	   the pidl functions fail on not existing file names */
+	/* translate the path into a pidl only when SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES
+    	 * is not specified.
+	   The pidl functions fail on not existing file names */
 
 	if (flags & SHGFI_PIDL) {
 	    pidl = ILClone((LPCITEMIDLIST)path);
diff --git a/dlls/shlwapi/path.c b/dlls/shlwapi/path.c
index b5a06a8409b..cb2f0407653 100644
--- a/dlls/shlwapi/path.c
+++ b/dlls/shlwapi/path.c
@@ -2543,8 +2543,8 @@ BOOL WINAPI PathMakePrettyW(LPWSTR lpszPath)
  * Determine the length of the common prefix between two paths.
  *
  * PARAMS
- *  lpszFile1 [I] First path for comparason
- *  lpszFile2 [I] Second path for comparason
+ *  lpszFile1 [I] First path for comparison
+ *  lpszFile2 [I] Second path for comparison
  *  achPath   [O] Destination for common prefix string
  *
  * RETURNS
diff --git a/dlls/shlwapi/thread.c b/dlls/shlwapi/thread.c
index 2c0f2eece91..cfd40bb5144 100644
--- a/dlls/shlwapi/thread.c
+++ b/dlls/shlwapi/thread.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI SHLWAPI_23(REFGUID,LPSTR,INT);
  *  Failure: NULL, if any parameters are invalid.
  *
  * NOTES
- *  This function always returns returns NULL if the underlying OS version
+ *  This function always returns NULL if the underlying OS version
  *  Wine is impersonating does not use security descriptors (i.e. anything
  *  before Windows NT).
  */
diff --git a/dlls/user/text.c b/dlls/user/text.c
index c46dfc16d0d..beb4db7d323 100644
--- a/dlls/user/text.c
+++ b/dlls/user/text.c
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ INT WINAPI DrawTextExW( HDC hdc, LPWSTR str, INT i_count,
     int prefix_offset;
     ellipsis_data ellip;
 
-    TRACE("%s, %d , [(%ld,%ld),(%ld,%ld)]\n", debugstr_wn (str, count), count,
+    TRACE("%s, %d, [(%ld,%ld),(%ld,%ld)]\n", debugstr_wn (str, count), count,
 	  rect->left, rect->top, rect->right, rect->bottom);
 
    if (dtp) TRACE("Params: iTabLength=%d, iLeftMargin=%d, iRightMargin=%d\n",
diff --git a/dlls/winmm/midimap/midimap.c b/dlls/winmm/midimap/midimap.c
index 535af403356..310733556b9 100644
--- a/dlls/winmm/midimap/midimap.c
+++ b/dlls/winmm/midimap/midimap.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- tab-width: 8; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
 /*
- * Wine Midi mapper driver
+ * Wine MIDI mapper driver
  *
  * Copyright 	1999, 2000, 2001 Eric Pouech
  *
diff --git a/include/winnt.h b/include/winnt.h
index 9dd29e52408..e9a26e63c46 100644
--- a/include/winnt.h
+++ b/include/winnt.h
@@ -2852,7 +2852,7 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef struct _SID_AND_ATTRIBUTES {
   PSID  Sid;
   DWORD Attributes;
-} SID_AND_ATTRIBUTES ;
+} SID_AND_ATTRIBUTES;
 
 /* security entities */
 #define SECURITY_NULL_RID			(0x00000000L)
diff --git a/memory/global.c b/memory/global.c
index a91a4a67dda..d1c48e45bb4 100644
--- a/memory/global.c
+++ b/memory/global.c
@@ -364,9 +364,9 @@ HGLOBAL16 WINAPI GlobalReAlloc16(
     else
     {
         /*
-         * if more then one reader (e.g. some pointer has been 
+         * if more than one reader (e.g. some pointer has been 
          * given out by GetVDMPointer32W16),
-         * only try to realloc in place 
+         * only try to realloc in place
          */
         newptr = HeapReAlloc( GetProcessHeap(),
                               (pArena->pageLockCount > 0) ? 
diff --git a/tools/wineconf b/tools/wineconf
index a9b5ed167c3..b523890c460 100755
--- a/tools/wineconf
+++ b/tools/wineconf
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ sub ReadFSTAB {
 	    }
 	    elsif ( ($mntpoint eq '/mnt/cdrom' || $mntpoint eq '/cdrom')
 		  && $type eq 'supermount') {
-		push(@::CdromDrives, [ '/dev/cdrom', $mntpoint, 'win95']);
+		push(@::CdromDrives, ['/dev/cdrom', $mntpoint, 'win95']);
 	    }
 	}
     }