no contractions, please. and loosers are losers. :D

src/app/main.cpp

@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
     if (!coreplugin) {
         QString nativePaths = QDir::toNativeSeparators(pluginPaths.join(QLatin1String(",")));
-        const QString reason = QCoreApplication::translate("Application", "Couldn't find 'Core.pluginspec' in %1").arg(nativePaths);
+        const QString reason = QCoreApplication::translate("Application", "Could not find 'Core.pluginspec' in %1").arg(nativePaths);
         displayError(msgCoreLoadFailure(reason));
         return 1;
     }

src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginspec.cpp

@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ bool PluginSpecPrivate::loadLibrary()
     IPlugin *pluginObject = qobject_cast<IPlugin*>(loader.instance());
     if (!pluginObject) {
         hasError = true;
-        errorString = QCoreApplication::translate("PluginSpec", "Plugin is not valid (doesn't derive from IPlugin)");
+        errorString = QCoreApplication::translate("PluginSpec", "Plugin is not valid (does not derive from IPlugin)");
         loader.unload();
         return false;
     }

src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/saveitemsdialog.cpp

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ SaveItemsDialog::SaveItemsDialog(QWidget *parent,
     : QDialog(parent)
 {
     m_ui.setupUi(this);
-    QPushButton *discardButton = m_ui.buttonBox->addButton(tr("Don't Save"), QDialogButtonBox::DestructiveRole);
+    QPushButton *discardButton = m_ui.buttonBox->addButton(tr("Do not Save"), QDialogButtonBox::DestructiveRole);
     m_ui.buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Save)->setDefault(true);
     m_ui.buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Save)->setFocus(Qt::TabFocusReason);
     m_ui.buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Save)->setMinimumWidth(130); // bad magic number to avoid resizing of button

src/plugins/coreplugin/filemanager.cpp

@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ QList<IFile *> FileManager::saveModifiedFiles(const QList<IFile *> &files,
 static QMessageBox::StandardButton skipFailedPrompt(QWidget *parent, const QString &fileName)
 {
     return QMessageBox::question(parent,
-                                 FileManager::tr("Can't save file"),
-                                 FileManager::tr("Can't save changes to '%1'. Do you want to continue and loose your changes?").arg(fileName),
+                                 FileManager::tr("Cannot save file"),
+                                 FileManager::tr("Cannot save changes to '%1'. Do you want to continue and lose your changes?").arg(fileName),
                                  QMessageBox::YesToAll| QMessageBox::Yes|QMessageBox::No,
                                  QMessageBox::No);
 }

src/plugins/projectexplorer/corelistenercheckingforrunningbuild.cpp

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ bool CoreListenerCheckingForRunningBuild::coreAboutToClose()
     if (m_manager->isBuilding()) {
         QMessageBox box;
         QPushButton *closeAnyway = box.addButton(tr("Cancel Build && Close"), QMessageBox::AcceptRole);
-        QPushButton *cancelClose = box.addButton(tr("Don't Close"), QMessageBox::RejectRole);
+        QPushButton *cancelClose = box.addButton(tr("Do not Close"), QMessageBox::RejectRole);
         box.setDefaultButton(cancelClose);
         box.setWindowTitle(tr("Close Qt Creator?"));
         box.setText(tr("A project is currently being built."));