diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f6a8301..4241322c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ the overrides section:
 Now when you compile your CSS, inuit.css will know to ignore its preset value
 (that is what `!default` is for) in favour of your own. By doing things this way
 you can change the values that inuit.css uses without having to modify inuit.css
-itself, thus leaving it free to be updated. 
+itself, thus leaving it free to be updated.
 
 In this file you will also see your feature switches needed to turn objects and
 abstractions on and off. Feature switches are only preset for objects and
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ to create another directory in `css/` called `ui/`, leaving you with:
             inuit.css/
             ui/
             _vars.scss
-            style.scss 
+            style.scss
             watch
         index.html
 
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Now, when you run `$ ./watch`, `style.scss` will be calling:
 
 Out of the box, inuit.css is very small, however it is **imperative** that you
 only ever deploy a minified version of your compiled stylesheet to your live
-environment. inuit.css compiles stright to minified output by default, but you
+environment. inuit.css compiles straight to minified output by default, but you
 can change this in `watch` if you have a build process in place.
 
 It is also **highly** recommended that you enable gzip compression on any text