diff --git a/chapter01/howtopost.xml b/chapter01/howtopost.xml
index d8acf68de..4c522bd7b 100644
--- a/chapter01/howtopost.xml
+++ b/chapter01/howtopost.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <para>You do not need to be subscribed to a mailing list in order to post to it.
 However, if you post to a list you're not subscribed to, make sure you
 mention this in your email so the list members can put you in the CC:
-header of an email in order for you receive the replies.</para>
+header of an email in order for you to receive the replies.</para>
 
 <para>The post address for a list is in the format of
 <emphasis>listname@linuxfromscratch.org</emphasis> where
diff --git a/chapter02/aboutsbus.xml b/chapter02/aboutsbus.xml
index b63bc3b0a..9e4ef28bc 100644
--- a/chapter02/aboutsbus.xml
+++ b/chapter02/aboutsbus.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ times like anybody else?</para>
 <para>The biggest problem is that times cannot be acurate, not even a
 little bit. So many people install LFS on so many different systems, the
 times it takes to compile something varies too much. One package may take
-20 minutes on one system, but that same packages may take 3 days on another
+20 minutes on one system, but that same package may take 3 days on another
 (this is not an exaggeration). So instead we've come up with a
 <emphasis>Static Bash Unit</emphasis> or <emphasis>SBU</emphasis>.</para>