Fix grammar mistakes

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/blog/dedep.md b/blog/dedep.md
index b546237..30a6489 100644
--- a/blog/dedep.md
+++ b/blog/dedep.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ In the [occasional fights] between system and language packagers,
 lots of things I take for granted.  I install the stuff I need,
 occasionally upgrade the system, and everything gets updated.
 Vulnerability in a library used by multiple programs?  Its patched version
-get swapped in within a few hours (given it's not [vendored or pinned]).
+gets swapped in within a few hours (given it's not [vendored or pinned]).
 [Most][debian] [distributions][fedora] [even][arch] [apply][opensuse]
 [hardening][gentoo] [flags][nixpkgs] that [some bugs aren't even exploitable
 in the first place][openssl].  They create a [safe place] for me to comfortably
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ express myself at work and at home.
 
 Recently on my work computer, I've switched to Guix System, which has yet
 many packages.  Looking into the way to package programs I use
-and on-going efforts, I realized the colossal number of transitive dependencies
+and ongoing efforts, I realized the colossal number of transitive dependencies
 of [certain software] and the impracticality for a user union (i.e. a distro)
 to maintain such set of [micro packages] in every language.
 
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ on the other hand, ask the following questions to decide upon installing
 and keeping a piece of software:
 
 - Can I *trust* installing this won't do anything funny to my machine?
-- How much [effort] I need to prevent people doing funny things to my machine
-  if the software includes [something that gets on the front page
+- How much [effort] I need to prevent people from doing funny things
+  to my machine if the software includes [something that gets on the front page
   of some magazines][heartbleed] tomorrow?
 - How much of my limited resources will it take to run or [simply exist]?
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ for new side projects and it actually worked for my most recent ones:
 
 Even for such simple use cases, there are still many libraries in the wild
 that can handle more data formats, are more convenient to use
-or more performant.  On the other hand the amount of maintenance needed
+or more performant.  On the other hand, the amount of maintenance needed
 to keep the programs safe indefinitely for a user is much lower
 thanks to the small dependency footprint.