diff --git a/language/control-structures.xml b/language/control-structures.xml
index 2ba21145b4..49b18f900e 100644
--- a/language/control-structures.xml
+++ b/language/control-structures.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.63 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.64 $ -->
  <chapter id="control-structures">
   <title>Control Structures</title>
 
@@ -782,11 +782,11 @@ switch ($i) {
     </informalexample>
    </para>
    <simpara>
-    Here, if $i equals to 0, PHP would execute all of the print
-    statements!  If $i equals to 1, PHP would execute the last two
-    print statements, and only if $i equals to 2, you'd get the
-    'expected' behavior and only 'i equals 2' would be displayed.  So,
-    it's important not to forget <literal>break</literal> statements
+    Here, if $i is equal to 0, PHP would execute all of the print
+    statements!  If $i is equal to 1, PHP would execute the last two
+    print statements. You would get the expected behavior ('i equals 2' 
+    would be displayed) only if $i is equal to 2.  Thus,
+    it is important not to forget <literal>break</literal> statements
     (even though you may want to avoid supplying them on purpose under
     certain circumstances).
    </simpara>
@@ -901,8 +901,8 @@ declare (directive) statement
    </para>
    <para>
     The <literal>statement</literal> part of the
-    <literal>declare</literal> block will be executed - how
-    it is executed and what side-effects occur during execution
+    <literal>declare</literal> block will be executed -- how
+    it is executed and what side effects occur during execution
     may depend on the directive set in the
     <literal>directive</literal> block.
    </para>
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ declare (directive) statement
     <literal>directive</literal> section.
    </para>
    <para>
-    The event(s) that occurs on each tick is specified using the
+    The event(s) that occur on each tick are specified using the
     <function>register_tick_function</function>. See the example 
     below for more details. Note that more than one event can occur
     for each tick.