diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/eps/eps.cxx b/vcl/source/filter/eps/eps.cxx
index 282c08bfe933..dbb578758890 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/eps/eps.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/eps/eps.cxx
@@ -1300,12 +1300,12 @@ void PSWriter::ImplWriteActions( const GDIMetaFile& rMtf, VirtualDevice& rVDev )
                                 {
                                     aFill.getPath( aFillPath );
 
-                                    /* normally an object filling is consisting of three MetaActions:
+                                    /* normally an object filling consists of three MetaActions:
                                         MetaBitmapAction        using RasterOp xor,
                                         MetaPolyPolygonAction   using RasterOp rop_0
                                         MetaBitmapAction        using RasterOp xor
 
-                                        Because RasterOps cannot been used in Postscript, we have to
+                                        Because RasterOps cannot be used in Postscript, we have to
                                         replace these actions. The MetaComment "XPATHFILL_SEQ_BEGIN" is
                                         providing the clippath of the object. The following loop is
                                         trying to find the bitmap that is matching the clippath, so that
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ void PSWriter::ImplBmp( Bitmap const * pBitmap, AlphaMask const * pAlphaMaskBitm
             }
             else
             {
-                // have we to write a palette ?
+                // do we have to write a palette ?
 
                 if ( pAcc->HasPalette() )
                 {
diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/wmf/emfwr.cxx b/vcl/source/filter/wmf/emfwr.cxx
index 4619d6bced0f..db215bbf56c9 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/wmf/emfwr.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/wmf/emfwr.cxx
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ void EMFWriter::ImplCheckTextAttr()
     // dummy elfPanose
     m_rStm.WriteUChar( 0 ).WriteUChar( 0 ).WriteUChar( 0 ).WriteUChar( 0 ).WriteUChar( 0 ).WriteUChar( 0 ).WriteUChar( 0 ).WriteUChar( 0 ).WriteUChar( 0 ).WriteUChar( 0 );
 
-    // fill record to get a record size divideable by 4
+    // fill record to get a record size divisible by 4
     m_rStm.WriteUInt16( 0 );
 
     ImplEndRecord();
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/gdimetafiletools.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/gdimetafiletools.cxx
index c008658bc26c..0e715d53dc87 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/gdimetafiletools.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/gdimetafiletools.cxx
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ void clipMetafileContentAgainstOwnRegions(GDIMetaFile& rSource)
                     if(rComment.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("XGRAD_SEQ_BEGIN"))
                     {
                         // nothing to do; this just means that between here and XGRAD_SEQ_END
-                        // exists a MetaActionType::GRADIENTEX mixed with Xor-tricked painting
+                        // there exists a MetaActionType::GRADIENTEX mixed with Xor-tricked painting
                         // commands. This comment is used to scan over these and filter for
                         // the gradient action. It is needed to support MetaActionType::GRADIENTEX
                         // in this processor to solve usages.