diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/zip-drive/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/zip-drive/article.sgml
index 2f2cd8ad7d..ab0c3dd406 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/zip-drive/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/zip-drive/article.sgml
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@
 	<para>If you want maximum performance and easy setup, the SCSI
 	  interface is the best choice.  This will probably require adding a
 	  SCSI host adapter, since most PC's (except for high-performance
-	  servers) don't have built-in SCSI support.  Each SCSI host adapter
+	  servers) do not have built-in SCSI support.  Each SCSI host adapter
 	  can support either 7 or 15 SCSI devices, depending on the
 	  model.</para>
 	
-	<para>Each SCSI device has it's own controller, and these
+	<para>Each SCSI device has its own controller, and these
 	  controllers are fairly intelligent and well standardized, (the
 	  second `S' in SCSI is for Standard) so from the operating system's
 	  point of view, all SCSI disk drives look about the same, as do all
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 	  a generic driver for each type of device, i.e. a SCSI disk driver,
 	  SCSI tape driver, and so on.  There are some SCSI devices that can
 	  be better utilized with specialized drivers (e.g. DAT tape drives),
-	  but they tend to work OK with the generic driver, too.  It's just
+	  but they tend to work OK with the generic driver, too.  It is just
 	  that the generic drivers may not support some of the special
 	  features.</para>
 	
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 	  device file in the <filename>/dev</filename> directory represents
 	  the ZIP drive. This can be determined by looking at the boot
 	  messages while FreeBSD is booting (or in
-	  <filename>/var/log/messages</filename> after booting), where you'll
+	  <filename>/var/log/messages</filename> after booting), where you will
 	  see a line something like this:</para>
 	
 	<programlisting>da1: &lt;IOMEGA ZIP 100 D.13&gt; Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 Device</programlisting>
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 	  uses IRQ 5 and address 378.  Only the IRQ is required in the config
 	  file.</para>
 
-	<para>If you're root hard disk is a SCSI disk, you might run into a
+	<para>If your root hard disk is a SCSI disk, you might run into a
 	  problem with probing order, which will cause the system to attempt
 	  to use the ZIP drive as the root device.  This will cause a boot
 	  failure, unless you happen to have a FreeBSD root file-system on
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
 
 	  <programlisting>controller scbus0 at aha0</programlisting></para>
 
-	<para>Lastly, as long as you're editing the kernel config, you
+	<para>Lastly, as long as you are editing the kernel config, you
 	  can take the opportunity to remove all the unnecessary drivers. This
 	  should be done with a great deal of caution, and only if you feel
 	  confident about making kernel modifications. Removing unnecessary
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
-	<para>Now it's time to compile the kernel:</para>
+	<para>Now it is time to compile the kernel:</para>
 
 	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL</userinput>	  
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
       </listitem>
     </orderedlist>
     
-    <para>After the kernel is rebuilt, you'll need to reboot.  Make sure the
+    <para>After the kernel is rebuilt, you will need to reboot.  Make sure the
       ZIP drive is connected to the parallel port before the boot begins. You
       should see the ZIP drive show up in the boot messages as device vpo0 or
       vpo1, depending on which parallel port the drive is attached to.  It