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diff --git a/doc/perm.texi b/doc/perm.texi
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@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ format:
@noindent
The spaces between the three parts above are shown for readability only;
-symbolic modes can not contain spaces.
+symbolic modes cannot contain spaces.
The @var{users} part tells which users' access to the file is changed.
It consists of one or more of the following letters (or it can be empty;
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ This number is always interpreted in octal; you do not have to add a
leading 0, as you do in C. Mode 0055 is the same as mode 55.
A numeric mode is usually shorter than the corresponding symbolic
-mode, but it is limited in that it can not take into account a file's
+mode, but it is limited in that it cannot take into account a file's
previous permissions; it can only set them absolutely.
On most systems, the permissions granted to the user,