diff --git a/libraries/classes/Config/Settings/Server.php b/libraries/classes/Config/Settings/Server.php
index 79b14f08ba..1d86a8eb77 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Config/Settings/Server.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Config/Settings/Server.php
@@ -598,11 +598,11 @@ final class Server
     /**
      * Maximum number of records saved in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_uiprefs'] table.
      *
-     * In case where tables in databases is modified (e.g. dropped or renamed),
-     * table_uiprefs may contains invalid data (referring to tables which are not
+     * In case where tables in databases are modified (e.g. dropped or renamed),
+     * table_uiprefs may contains invalid data (referring to tables which do not
      * exist anymore).
-     * This configuration make sure that we only keep N (N = MaxTableUiprefs)
-     * newest record in table_uiprefs and automatically delete older records.
+     * This configuration makes sure that we only keep N (N = MaxTableUiprefs)
+     * newest records in table_uiprefs and automatically delete older records.
      *
      * ```php
      * $cfg['Servers'][$i]['MaxTableUiprefs'] = 100;
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Database/Qbe.php b/libraries/classes/Database/Qbe.php
index 601a106739..3047a2927f 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Database/Qbe.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Database/Qbe.php
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ class Qbe
             // Candidates restricted in index+where
         } else {
             $candidateColumns = $stillGood;
-            // None of the candidates where in a where-clause
+            // None of the candidates were in a where-clause
         }
 
         return $candidateColumns;
diff --git a/libraries/classes/InsertEdit.php b/libraries/classes/InsertEdit.php
index 96842fae3b..b17b56a631 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/InsertEdit.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/InsertEdit.php
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ class InsertEdit
 
             // when in UPDATE mode, do not alter field's contents. When in INSERT
             // mode, insert empty field because no values were submitted.
-            // If protected blobs where set, insert original fields content.
+            // If protected blobs were set, insert original field's content.
             if ($protectedValue !== '') {
                 return '0x' . bin2hex($protectedValue);
             }
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Server/Privileges.php b/libraries/classes/Server/Privileges.php
index f69d8f5f13..3700ab17af 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Server/Privileges.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Server/Privileges.php
@@ -2459,7 +2459,7 @@ class Privileges
         }
 
         $sqlQuery = '';
-        // Some reports where sent to the error reporting server with phpMyAdmin 5.1.0
+        // Some reports were sent to the error reporting server with phpMyAdmin 5.1.0
         // pred_username was reported to be not defined
         $predUsername = $_POST['pred_username'] ?? '';
         if ($predUsername === 'any') {
diff --git a/scripts/check-release-excludes.sh b/scripts/check-release-excludes.sh
index 9592ee1a56..8b1a5efb56 100755
--- a/scripts/check-release-excludes.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-release-excludes.sh
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ for filePath in ${FILE_LIST}; do
 done
 
 if [ ${found} -gt 0 ]; then
-    echo 'Some new files to be excluded where found.'
+    echo 'Some new files to be excluded were found.'
     echo 'Please update create-release.sh'
     exit 1
 else
diff --git a/scripts/create-release.sh b/scripts/create-release.sh
index 73910ac1a4..cd5d323155 100755
--- a/scripts/create-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-release.sh
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ for kit in $KITS ; do
         rm -r templates/test/
         rm phpunit.xml.* build.xml
         rm .editorconfig .browserslistrc .eslintignore .jshintrc .eslintrc.json .stylelintrc.json psalm.xml psalm-baseline.xml phpstan.neon.dist phpstan-baseline.neon phpcs.xml.dist jest.config.cjs infection.json.dist
-        # Gettext po files (if they where not removed by ./scripts/lang-cleanup.sh)
+        # Gettext po files (if they were not removed by ./scripts/lang-cleanup.sh)
         rm -rf po
         # Documentation source code
         mv doc/html htmldoc
diff --git a/test/classes/Controllers/Import/ImportControllerTest.php b/test/classes/Controllers/Import/ImportControllerTest.php
index fd2fd69ed1..adb5b7b39e 100644
--- a/test/classes/Controllers/Import/ImportControllerTest.php
+++ b/test/classes/Controllers/Import/ImportControllerTest.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ImportControllerTest extends AbstractTestCase
 
         parent::loadResponseIntoContainerBuilder();
 
-        // Some params where not added as they where not required for this test
+        // Some params were not added as they are not required for this test
         $GLOBALS['db'] = 'pma_test';
         $GLOBALS['table'] = 'table1';
         $GLOBALS['sql_query'] = 'SELECT A.*' . "\n"
diff --git a/test/selenium/TestBase.php b/test/selenium/TestBase.php
index b6160b1c7f..641f282cac 100644
--- a/test/selenium/TestBase.php
+++ b/test/selenium/TestBase.php
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ abstract class TestBase extends TestCase
         $this->webDriver->manage()->window()->maximize();
 
         if (! static::$createDatabase) {
-            // Stop here, we where not asked to create a database
+            // Stop here, we were not asked to create a database
             return;
         }