fixed typos in README and README.pod

README

@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 DESCRIPTION
     Pretty Curved Privacy (pcp1) is a commandline utility which can be used
-    to encrypt files. pcp1 uses eliptc curve cryptography for encryption
-    (CURVE25519 by Dan J. Bernstein). While CURVE25519 is no worldwide
+    to encrypt files. pcp1 uses elliptic curve cryptography for encryption
+    (CURVE25519 by Dan J. Bernstein). While CURVE25519 is not a worldwide
     accepted standard it hasn't been compromised by the NSA - which might be
     better, depending on your point of view.
 
-    Caution: since CURVE25519 is no accepted standard, pcp1 has to be
-    considered as experimental software. In fact, I wrote it just to learn
+    Caution: since CURVE25519 is not an accepted standard, pcp1 has to be
+    considered experimental software. In fact, I wrote it just to learn
     about the curve and see how it works.
 
     Beside some differences it works like GNUPG. So, if you already know how
-    to use gpg, you'll feel almost home.
+    to use gpg, you'll feel almost at home.
 
 QUICKSTART
     Lets say, Alicia and Bobby want to exchange encrypted messages. Here's
-    what the've got to do.
+    what they need to do.
 
-    First, both have create a secret key:
+    First, both have to create a secret key:
 
      Alicia                             Bobby
      pcp1 -k                            pcp1 -k
 
-    After entering their name, email address and a passphrase to protect the
+    After entering their name, email address, and a passphrase to protect the
     key, it will be stored in their vault file (by default ~/.pcpvault).
 
     Now, both of them have to export the public key, which has to be
@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ QUICKSTART
      Alicia                             Bobby
      pcp1 -p -r Bobby -O alicia.pub     pcp1 -p -r Alicia -O bobby.pub
 
-    They've to exchange the public key somehow (which is not my problem at
-    the moment, use ssh, encrypted mail, whatever). Once exchanged, they
+    They've got to exchange the public key somehow (which is not my problem at
+    the moment, use ssh, encrypted mail, etc). Once exchanged, they
     have to import it:
 
      Alicia                             Bobby
      pcp1 -K -I bobby.pub               pcp1 -K -I alicia.pub
 
-    They will see a response as this when done:
+    They will see a response when this is done:
 
      key 0x29A323A2C295D391 added to .pcpvault.
 
-    Now, Alicia finally writes the secret message, encrypts it and sends it
+    Now, Alicia finally writes the secret message, encrypts it, and sends it
     to Bobby, who in turn decrypts it:
 
      Alicia                             Bobby
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ FILES AND PIPES
 
      ssh remote cat file | pcp1 -ez | mailx -s 'as requested' bob@somewhere
 
-    here we encrypt a file symmetrically without downloading it from a
+    Here we encrypt a file symmetrically without downloading it from a
     remote ssh server and sending the encrypted result via email to someone.
 
     The behavior is the same with any other functionality where files are
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ ADDITIONAL COPYRIGHTS
     Random art image from OpenSSH keygen
          Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Markus Friedl.  All rights reserved.
 
-         Comitted by Alexander von Gernler in rev 1.7.
+         Committed by Alexander von Gernler in rev 1.7.
 
     Every incorporated source code is opensource and licensed under the GPL
     as well.

README.pod

@@ -13,22 +13,22 @@
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 B<Pretty Curved Privacy> (pcp1) is a commandline utility which can
-be used to encrypt files. B<pcp1> uses eliptc curve cryptography
+be used to encrypt files. B<pcp1> uses elliptic curve cryptography
 for encryption (CURVE25519 by Dan J. Bernstein). While CURVE25519
-is no worldwide accepted standard it hasn't been compromised by
+is not a worldwide accepted standard it hasn't been compromised by
 the NSA - which might be better, depending on your point of view.
 
-B<Caution>: since CURVE25519 is no accepted standard, B<pcp1> has
-to be considered as experimental software. In fact, I wrote it just
+B<Caution>: since CURVE25519 is not an accepted standard, B<pcp1> has
+to be considered experimental software. In fact, I wrote it just
 to learn about the curve and see how it works.
 
 Beside some differences it works like B<GNUPG>. So, if you already
-know how to use gpg, you'll feel almost home.
+know how to use gpg, you'll feel almost at home.
 
 =head1 QUICKSTART
 
 Lets say, Alicia and Bobby want to exchange encrypted messages.
-Here's what the've got to do.
+Here's what they need to do.
 
 First, both have create a secret key:
 
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ a derived public key especially for the recipient:
  Alicia                             Bobby
  pcp1 -p -r Bobby -O alicia.pub     pcp1 -p -r Alicia -O bobby.pub
 
-They've to exchange the public key somehow (which is not my
-problem at the moment, use ssh, encrypted mail, whatever). Once exchanged,
+They've got to exchange the public key somehow (which is not my
+problem at the moment, use ssh, encrypted mail, etc). Once exchanged,
 they have to import it:
 
  Alicia                             Bobby
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ They will see a response as this when done:
 
  key 0x29A323A2C295D391 added to .pcpvault.
 
-Now, Alicia finally writes the secret message, encrypts it and
+Now, Alicia finally writes the secret message, encrypts it, and
 sends it to Bobby, who in turn decrypts it:
 
  Alicia                             Bobby
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ realistic example:
 
  ssh remote cat file | pcp1 -ez | mailx -s 'as requested' bob@somewhere
 
-here we encrypt a file symmetrically without downloading it from a
+Here we encrypt a file symmetrically without downloading it from a
 remote ssh server and sending the encrypted result via email to
 someone.