diff --git a/mod/dfrn_confirm.php b/mod/dfrn_confirm.php
index edca629aec..1bf1ba9549 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_confirm.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_confirm.php
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ function dfrn_confirm_post(&$a,$handsfree = null) {
 				'$uid' => $newuid )
 			);
 	
-			$res = mail($r[0]['email'], sprintf(t("Connection accepted at %s"), $a->config['sitename']),
+			$res = mail($r[0]['email'], sprintf( t("Connection accepted at %s") , $a->config['sitename']),
 				$email_tpl, 'From: ' . t('Administrator') . '@' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] );
 			if(!$res) {
 				// pointless throwing an error here and confusing the person at the other end of the wire.
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_notify.php b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
index f288e9bebe..3a75123a52 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_notify.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
@@ -471,8 +471,8 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 								'$body' => html_entity_decode(strip_tags(bbcode(stripslashes($datarray['body']))), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8')
 							));
 
-							$res = mail($importer['email'], sprintf(t("%s commented on an item at %s"), $from ,$a->config['sitename']),
-								$email_tpl,t("From: Administrator@") . $a->get_hostname() );
+							$res = mail($importer['email'], sprintf( t("%s commented on an item at %s") , $from ,$a->config['sitename']),
+								$email_tpl, t("From: Administrator@") . $a->get_hostname() );
 							break;
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_request.php b/mod/dfrn_request.php
index 5a2f3c2828..3cd8473cf3 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_request.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_request.php
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ function dfrn_request_content(&$a) {
 						'$sitename' => $a->config['sitename']
 					));
 					$res = mail($r[0]['email'], 
-						t("Introduction received at ") . $a->config['sitename'],
+					    t("Introduction received at ") . $a->config['sitename'],
 						$email,
 						'From: ' . t('Administrator') . '@' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] );
 					// This is a redundant notification - no point throwing errors if it fails.
diff --git a/mod/home.php b/mod/home.php
index 4fca1cbc23..225bd294d2 100644
--- a/mod/home.php
+++ b/mod/home.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function home_content(&$a) {
 	if(x($_SESSION,'theme'))
 		unset($_SESSION['theme']);
 
-	$o .= '<h1>' . ((x($a->config,'sitename')) ? sprintf(t("Welcome to %s"),$a->config['sitename']) : "" ) . '</h1>';
+	$o .= '<h1>' . ((x($a->config,'sitename')) ? sprintf( t("Welcome to %s") ,$a->config['sitename']) : "" ) . '</h1>';
 	if(file_exists('home.html'))
  		$o .= file_get_contents('home.html');
 
diff --git a/mod/invite.php b/mod/invite.php
index e3662d758b..84fa978ad1 100644
--- a/mod/invite.php
+++ b/mod/invite.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function invite_post(&$a) {
 		}
 
 	}
-	notice( sprintf(tt("%d message sent.", "%d messages sent.", $total), $total) . EOL);
+	notice( sprintf( tt("%d message sent.", "%d messages sent.", $total) , $total) . EOL);
 	return;
 }
 
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 9e03e76cd3..2cdfb0d66b 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 					'$body' => strip_tags(bbcode($datarray['body']))
 				));
 
-				$res = mail($user['email'], sprintf(t("%s commented on your item at %s"),$from,$a->config['sitename']),
+				$res = mail($user['email'], sprintf( t("%s commented on your item at %s") ,$from,$a->config['sitename']),
 					$email_tpl,"From: " . t("Administrator") . "@" . $a->get_hostname() );
 			}
 		}
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 					'$body' => strip_tags(bbcode($datarray['body']))
 				));
 
-				$res = mail($user['email'], sprintf(t("%s posted on your profile wall at %s"),$from, $a->config['sitename']),
+				$res = mail($user['email'], sprintf( t("%s posted on your profile wall at %s") ,$from, $a->config['sitename']),
 					$email_tpl,"From: " . t("Administrator@") . "@" . $a->get_hostname() );
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/mod/like.php b/mod/like.php
index c07f3097ea..406d6cc007 100644
--- a/mod/like.php
+++ b/mod/like.php
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ EOT;
 	$arr['author-link'] = $contact['url'];
 	$arr['author-avatar'] = $contact['thumb'];
 	$arr['body'] = '[url=' . $contact['url'] . ']' . $contact['name'] . '[/url]' . ' ' . $bodyverb . ' ' 
-		. '[url=' . $item['author-link'] . ']' . sprintf(t("%s's"),$item['author-name']) . '[/url]' . ' '
+		. '[url=' . $item['author-link'] . ']' . sprintf( t("%s's") ,$item['author-name']) . '[/url]' . ' '
 		. '[url=' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $owner['nickname'] . '/' . $item['id'] . ']' . $post_type . '[/url]' ;
 
 	$arr['verb'] = $activity;
diff --git a/mod/manage.php b/mod/manage.php
index f30a04348c..26f7315c32 100644
--- a/mod/manage.php
+++ b/mod/manage.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function manage_post(&$a) {
 	$_SESSION['page_flags'] = $r[0]['page-flags'];
 	$_SESSION['my_url'] = $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/' . $r[0]['nickname'];
 
-	notice( sprintf(t("Welcome back %s"), $r[0]['username']) . EOL);
+	notice( sprintf( t("Welcome back %s") , $r[0]['username']) . EOL);
 	$a->user = $r[0];
 
 	if(strlen($a->user['timezone'])) {