Fixed spelling errors (closes #9706) [tarmo/rmm5t]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@7666 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

52 files changed, 72 insertions, 72 deletions

diff --git a/actionmailer/install.rb b/actionmailer/install.rb
index c559edfff5..8d7c140c3b 100644
--- a/actionmailer/install.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/install.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ unless $sitedir
   end
 end
 
-# the acual gruntwork
+# the actual gruntwork
 Dir.chdir("lib")
 
 Find.find("action_mailer", "action_mailer.rb") { |f|
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
index bd250af90e..fd7e9e5244 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
       # value that appears in the slot for <tt>:first</tt> is not equal to default value for <tt>:first</tt> we stop using
       # defaults. On it's own, this rule can account for much of the typical Rails URL behavior.
       #  
-      # Although a convienence, defaults can occasionaly get in your way. In some cases a default persists longer than desired.
+      # Although a convenience, defaults can occasionally get in your way. In some cases a default persists longer than desired.
       # The default may be cleared by adding <tt>:name => nil</tt> to <tt>url_for</tt>'s options.
       # This is often required when writing form helpers, since the defaults in play may vary greatly depending upon where the
       # helper is used from. The following line will redirect to PostController's default action, regardless of the page it is
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
       #
       # When using <tt>redirect_to :back</tt>, if there is no referrer,
       # RedirectBackError will be raised. You may specify some fallback
-      # behavior for this case by rescueing RedirectBackError.
+      # behavior for this case by rescuing RedirectBackError.
       def redirect_to(options = {}) #:doc:
         case options
           when %r{^\w+://.*}
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching.rb
index e90e27c388..3689c335fc 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching.rb
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
           end
           
           def extract_extension(file_path)
-            # Don't want just what comes after the last '.' to accomodate multi part extensions
+            # Don't want just what comes after the last '.' to accommodate multi part extensions
             # such as tar.gz.
             file_path[/^[^.]+\.(.+)$/, 1]
           end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/helpers.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/helpers.rb
index 401726b855..ccdb54c2a1 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/helpers.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/helpers.rb
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
       #     end
       #   end
       # 
-      # Finally, all the above styles can be mixed together, and the +helper+ method can be invokved with a mix of
+      # Finally, all the above styles can be mixed together, and the +helper+ method can be invoked with a mix of
       # +symbols+, +strings+, +modules+ and blocks.
       #   helper(:three, BlindHelper) { def mice() 'mice' end }
       #
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/integration.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/integration.rb
index bfacfb26d1..677d25b6c9 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/integration.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/integration.rb
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ module ActionController
           end
         end
 
-        # Get a temporarly URL writer object
+        # Get a temporary URL writer object
         def generic_url_rewriter
           cgi = MockCGI.new('REQUEST_METHOD' => "GET",
                             'QUERY_STRING'   => "",
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/selector.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/selector.rb
index 7ffc1fcfa8..1a3c770254 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/selector.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/selector.rb
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ module HTML
     # eventually, and array of substitution values.
     #
     # This method is called from four places, so it helps to put it here
-    # for resue. The only logic deals with the need to detect comma
+    # for reuse. The only logic deals with the need to detect comma
     # separators (alternate) and apply them to the selector group of the
     # top selector.
     def next_selector(statement, values)
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/capture_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/capture_helper.rb
index 80bff8a4cd..fc8cd66d72 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/capture_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/capture_helper.rb
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ module ActionView
       #
       # The deprecated way of accessing a content_for block is to use an instance variable
       # named <tt>@content_for_#{name_of_the_content_block}</tt>. So <tt><%= content_for :footer %></tt>
-      # would be avaiable as <tt><%= @content_for_footer %></tt>. The preferred usage is now
+      # would be available as <tt><%= @content_for_footer %></tt>. The preferred usage is now
       # <tt><%= yield :footer %></tt>.
       def content_for(name, content = nil, &block)
         existing_content_for = instance_variable_get("@content_for_#{name}").to_s
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
index 8e7542e206..1ea3cbd74e 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ module ActionView
           javascript << "\n" << IO.read(filename)
         end
         
-        # load other librairies
+        # load other libraries
         (Dir.glob(File.join(JAVASCRIPT_PATH, '*')) - prototype_libs).each do |filename| 
           javascript << "\n" << IO.read(filename)
         end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/prototype_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/prototype_helper.rb
index c6669ccde3..def33b9ee1 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/prototype_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/prototype_helper.rb
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ module ActionView
           #                    element's existing content.
           # <tt>:bottom</tt>:: HTML is inserted inside the element, after the
           #                    element's existing content.
-          # <tt>:before</tt>:: HTML is inserted immediately preceeding the element.
+          # <tt>:before</tt>:: HTML is inserted immediately preceding the element.
           # <tt>:after</tt>::  HTML is inserted immediately following the element.
           #
           # +options_for_render+ may be either a string of HTML to insert, or a hash
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/scriptaculous_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/scriptaculous_helper.rb
index 033000b004..83f4d168a8 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/scriptaculous_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/scriptaculous_helper.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module ActionView
       # variable in the generated JavaScript execution context. This can be 
       # used for example with drop_receiving_element:
       #
-      #   <%= drop_receving_element (...), :loading => visual_effect(:fade) %>
+      #   <%= drop_receiving_element (...), :loading => visual_effect(:fade) %>
       #
       # This would fade the element that was dropped on the drop receiving 
       # element.
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
index f11eae7969..bb7ddefcad 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ module ActionView
       end
 
       # Extracts an excerpt from +text+ that matches the first instance of +phrase+. 
-      # The +radius+ expands the excerpt on each side of the first occurance of +phrase+ by the number of characters
+      # The +radius+ expands the excerpt on each side of the first occurrence of +phrase+ by the number of characters
       # defined in +radius+ (which defaults to 100). If the excerpt radius overflows the beginning or end of the +text+,
       # then the +excerpt_string+ will be prepended/appended accordingly. If the +phrase+ 
       # isn't found, nil is returned.
diff --git a/actionpack/test/activerecord/active_record_store_test.rb b/actionpack/test/activerecord/active_record_store_test.rb
index d9d03f4492..707a0a75cc 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/activerecord/active_record_store_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/activerecord/active_record_store_test.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class ActiveRecordStoreTest < ActiveRecordTestCase
     @new_session['foo'] = 'bar'
   end
 
-# this test only applies for eager sesssion saving
+# this test only applies for eager session saving
 #  def test_another_instance
 #    @another = CGI::Session.new(@cgi, 'session_id' => @new_session.session_id, 'database_manager' => CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore)
 #    assert_equal @new_session.session_id, @another.session_id
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/caching_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/caching_test.rb
index 6aab2e8dce..f3cf66232f 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/caching_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/caching_test.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'fileutils'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../abstract_unit'
 
 CACHE_DIR = 'test_cache'
-# Don't change '/../temp/' cavalierly or you might hoze something you don't want hozed
+# Don't change '/../temp/' cavalierly or you might hose something you don't want hosed
 FILE_STORE_PATH = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '/../temp/', CACHE_DIR)
 ActionController::Base.page_cache_directory = FILE_STORE_PATH
 ActionController::Base.fragment_cache_store = :file_store, FILE_STORE_PATH
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/components_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/components_test.rb
index c046cf045a..debd8a2742 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/components_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/components_test.rb
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class ComponentsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     test_internal_calling
   end
 
-  def test_component_as_string_redirect_renders_redirecte_action
+  def test_component_as_string_redirect_renders_redirected_action
     get :calling_redirected_as_string
 
     assert_equal "Lady of the House, speaking", @response.body
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/cookie_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/cookie_test.rb
index 6a88517582..6722711c56 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/cookie_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/cookie_test.rb
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ class CookieTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       cookies["user_name"] = "david"
     end
 
-    def authenticate_for_fourten_days
+    def authenticate_for_fourteen_days
       cookies["user_name"] = { "value" => "david", "expires" => Time.local(2005, 10, 10) }
     end
 
-    def authenticate_for_fourten_days_with_symbols
+    def authenticate_for_fourteen_days_with_symbols
       cookies[:user_name] = { :value => "david", :expires => Time.local(2005, 10, 10) }
     end
 
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ class CookieTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_setting_cookie_for_fourteen_days
-    get :authenticate_for_fourten_days
+    get :authenticate_for_fourteen_days
     assert_equal [ CGI::Cookie::new("name" => "user_name", "value" => "david", "expires" => Time.local(2005, 10, 10)) ], @response.headers["cookie"]
   end
 
   def test_setting_cookie_for_fourteen_days_with_symbols
-    get :authenticate_for_fourten_days
+    get :authenticate_for_fourteen_days
     assert_equal [ CGI::Cookie::new("name" => "user_name", "value" => "david", "expires" => Time.local(2005, 10, 10)) ], @response.headers["cookie"]
   end
 
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
index d1e829390b..fba5512a2b 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ class DynamicSegmentTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     
     eval(segment.expiry_statement)
   rescue RuntimeError
-    flunk "Expiry check should not have occured!"
+    flunk "Expiry check should not have occurred!"
   end
   
   def test_expiry_should_occur_according_to_expire_on
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/selector_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/selector_test.rb
index aa91de294e..6ae46594ae 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/selector_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/selector_test.rb
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class SelectorTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal 2, @matches.size
     assert_equal "foo", @matches[0].attributes["href"]
     assert_equal "baz", @matches[1].attributes["href"]
-    # And now for the three selector challange.
+    # And now for the three selector challenge.
     parse(%Q{<h1 id="1"><a href="foo"></a></h1><h2 id="2"><a href="bar"></a></h2><h3 id="2"><a href="baz"></a></h3>})
     select("h1 a, h2 a, h3 a")
     assert_equal 3, @matches.size
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/test_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/test_test.rb
index 8a57f37b68..018b342b68 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/test_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/test_test.rb
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ XML
   def test_assert_tag_before
     process :test_html_output
 
-    # there is a tag preceeding a tag with id 'bar'
+    # there is a tag preceding a tag with id 'bar'
     assert_tag :before => { :attributes => { :id => "bar" } }
-    # there is no tag preceeding a 'form' tag
+    # there is no tag preceding a 'form' tag
     assert_no_tag :before => { :tag => "form" }
   end
 
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/prototype_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/prototype_helper_test.rb
index 7bb4245c58..48f947910f 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/prototype_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/prototype_helper_test.rb
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ class PrototypeHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_link_to_remote
     assert_dom_equal %(<a class=\"fine\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true}); return false;\">Remote outauthor</a>),
       link_to_remote("Remote outauthor", { :url => { :action => "whatnot"  }}, { :class => "fine"  })
-    assert_dom_equal %(<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, onComplete:function(request){alert(request.reponseText)}}); return false;\">Remote outauthor</a>),
-      link_to_remote("Remote outauthor", :complete => "alert(request.reponseText)", :url => { :action => "whatnot"  })      
-    assert_dom_equal %(<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, onSuccess:function(request){alert(request.reponseText)}}); return false;\">Remote outauthor</a>),
-      link_to_remote("Remote outauthor", :success => "alert(request.reponseText)", :url => { :action => "whatnot"  })
-    assert_dom_equal %(<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, onFailure:function(request){alert(request.reponseText)}}); return false;\">Remote outauthor</a>),
-      link_to_remote("Remote outauthor", :failure => "alert(request.reponseText)", :url => { :action => "whatnot"  })
-    assert_dom_equal %(<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot?a=10&amp;b=20', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, onFailure:function(request){alert(request.reponseText)}}); return false;\">Remote outauthor</a>),
-      link_to_remote("Remote outauthor", :failure => "alert(request.reponseText)", :url => { :action => "whatnot", :a => '10', :b => '20' })
+    assert_dom_equal %(<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, onComplete:function(request){alert(request.responseText)}}); return false;\">Remote outauthor</a>),
+      link_to_remote("Remote outauthor", :complete => "alert(request.responseText)", :url => { :action => "whatnot"  })      
+    assert_dom_equal %(<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, onSuccess:function(request){alert(request.responseText)}}); return false;\">Remote outauthor</a>),
+      link_to_remote("Remote outauthor", :success => "alert(request.responseText)", :url => { :action => "whatnot"  })
+    assert_dom_equal %(<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, onFailure:function(request){alert(request.responseText)}}); return false;\">Remote outauthor</a>),
+      link_to_remote("Remote outauthor", :failure => "alert(request.responseText)", :url => { :action => "whatnot"  })
+    assert_dom_equal %(<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot?a=10&amp;b=20', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, onFailure:function(request){alert(request.responseText)}}); return false;\">Remote outauthor</a>),
+      link_to_remote("Remote outauthor", :failure => "alert(request.responseText)", :url => { :action => "whatnot", :a => '10', :b => '20' })
   end
   
   def test_link_to_remote_html_options
diff --git a/actionwebservice/install.rb b/actionwebservice/install.rb
index e2a9048070..da08bf5f95 100644
--- a/actionwebservice/install.rb
+++ b/actionwebservice/install.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ unless $sitedir
   end
 end
 
-# the acual gruntwork
+# the actual gruntwork
 Dir.chdir("lib")
 
 Find.find("action_web_service", "action_web_service.rb") { |f|
diff --git a/actionwebservice/setup.rb b/actionwebservice/setup.rb
index 9ab880d357..aeef0d106b 100644
--- a/actionwebservice/setup.rb
+++ b/actionwebservice/setup.rb
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ class ToplevelInstallerMulti < ToplevelInstaller
 
   def print_usage(f)
     super
-    f.puts 'Inluded packages:'
+    f.puts 'Included packages:'
     f.puts '  ' + @packages.sort.join(' ')
     f.puts
   end
diff --git a/activerecord/install.rb b/activerecord/install.rb
index 592c4b9d9a..c87398b1f4 100644
--- a/activerecord/install.rb
+++ b/activerecord/install.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ unless $sitedir
   end
 end
 
-# the acual gruntwork
+# the actual gruntwork
 Dir.chdir("lib")
 
 Find.find("active_record", "active_record.rb") { |f|
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
index cb821ba7f0..e269775fd5 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations.rb
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
             #
       # Option examples:
       #   has_one :credit_card, :dependent => :destroy  # destroys the associated credit card
-      #   has_one :credit_card, :dependent => :nullify  # updates the associated records foriegn key value to null rather than destroying it
+      #   has_one :credit_card, :dependent => :nullify  # updates the associated records foreign key value to null rather than destroying it
       #   has_one :last_comment, :class_name => "Comment", :order => "posted_on"
       #   has_one :project_manager, :class_name => "Person", :conditions => "role = 'project_manager'"
       #   has_one :attachment, :as => :attachable
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       #
       # Deprecated: Any additional fields added to the join table will be placed as attributes when pulling records out through
       # +has_and_belongs_to_many+ associations. Records returned from join tables with additional attributes will be marked as
-      # +ReadOnly+ (because we can't save changes to the additional attrbutes). It's strongly recommended that you upgrade any
+      # +ReadOnly+ (because we can't save changes to the additional attributes). It's strongly recommended that you upgrade any
       # associations with attributes to a real join model (see introduction).
       #
       # Adds the following methods for retrieval and query:
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_and_belongs_to_many_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_and_belongs_to_many_association.rb
index 663655213a..d67207fa4d 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_and_belongs_to_many_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_and_belongs_to_many_association.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
           options[:conditions] = conditions
           options[:joins]      = @join_sql
-          options[:readonly]   = finding_with_ambigious_select?(options[:select])
+          options[:readonly]   = finding_with_ambiguous_select?(options[:select])
 
           if options[:order] && @reflection.options[:order]
             options[:order] = "#{options[:order]}, #{@reflection.options[:order]}"
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
           { :find => { :conditions => @finder_sql, :joins => @join_sql, :readonly => false } }
         end
 
-        # Join tables with additional columns on top of the two foreign keys must be considered ambigious unless a select
+        # Join tables with additional columns on top of the two foreign keys must be considered ambiguous unless a select
         # clause has been explicitly defined. Otherwise you can get broken records back, if, for example, the join column also has
         # an id column. This will then overwrite the id column of the records coming back.
-        def finding_with_ambigious_select?(select_clause)
+        def finding_with_ambiguous_select?(select_clause)
           !select_clause && @owner.connection.columns(@reflection.options[:join_table], "Join Table Columns").size != 2
         end
     end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 25cd392f9b..a4ebaf4e93 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
   #     end
   #   end
   #
-  # You can alternatively use self[:attribute]=(value) and self[:attribute] instead of write_attribute(:attribute, vaule) and
+  # You can alternatively use self[:attribute]=(value) and self[:attribute] instead of write_attribute(:attribute, value) and
   # read_attribute(:attribute) as a shorter form.
   #
   # == Accessing attributes before they have been typecasted
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb
index daeaba0904..a80025e7a7 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         # Do nothing by default.  Implement for PostgreSQL, Oracle, ...
       end
 
-      # Inserts the given fixture into the table. Overriden in adapters that require
+      # Inserts the given fixture into the table. Overridden in adapters that require
       # something beyond a simple insert (eg. Oracle).
       def insert_fixture(fixture, table_name)
         execute "INSERT INTO #{table_name} (#{fixture.key_list}) VALUES (#{fixture.value_list})", 'Fixture Insert'
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb
index 0bedffa0e1..2ae19d2b15 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
       # Sets a new default value for a column.  If you want to set the default
       # value to +NULL+, you are out of luck.  You need to
-      # DatabaseStatements#execute the apppropriate SQL statement yourself.
+      # DatabaseStatements#execute the appropriate SQL statement yourself.
       # ===== Examples
       #  change_column_default(:suppliers, :qualification, 'new')
       #  change_column_default(:accounts, :authorized, 1)
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
           execute "CREATE TABLE #{ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_info_table_name} (version #{type_to_sql(:integer)})"
           execute "INSERT INTO #{ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_info_table_name} (version) VALUES(0)"
         rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid
-          # Schema has been intialized
+          # Schema has been initialized
         end
       end
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       def type_to_sql(type, limit = nil, precision = nil, scale = nil) #:nodoc:
         if native = native_database_types[type]
           column_type_sql = native.is_a?(Hash) ? native[:name] : native
-          if type == :decimal # ignore limit, use precison and scale
+          if type == :decimal # ignore limit, use precision and scale
             precision ||= native[:precision]
             scale ||= native[:scale]
             if precision
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
index 8ca23ccdaf..18de0e0739 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
           end
         rescue Exception => e
           # Log message and raise exception.
-          # Set last_verfication to 0, so that connection gets verified
+          # Set last_verification to 0, so that connection gets verified
           # upon reentering the request loop
           @last_verification = 0
           message = "#{e.class.name}: #{e.message}: #{sql}"
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_adapter.rb
index 99e22ca3f3..c862ebcb7c 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_adapter.rb
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ begin
         end
 
 
-        # Inserts the given fixture into the table. Overriden to properly handle lobs.
+        # Inserts the given fixture into the table. Overridden to properly handle lobs.
         def insert_fixture(fixture, table_name)
           super
 
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
index 6a2b32a370..786ad1c864 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
   
         # Unescapes bytea output from a database to the binary string it represents.
         def self.binary_to_string(value)
-          # In each case, check if the value actually is escaped PostgresSQL bytea output
+          # In each case, check if the value actually is escaped PostgreSQL bytea output
           # or an unescaped Active Record attribute that was just written.
           if PGconn.respond_to?(:unescape_bytea)
             self.class.module_eval do
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
               row.each_index do |cell_index|
                 # If this is a money type column and there are any currency symbols,
                 # then strip them off. Indeed it would be prettier to do this in
-                # PostgresSQLColumn.string_to_decimal but would break form input
+                # PostgreSQLColumn.string_to_decimal but would break form input
                 # fields that call value_before_type_cast.
                 if res.type(cell_index) == MONEY_COLUMN_TYPE_OID
                   # Because money output is formatted according to the locale, there are two
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sybase_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sybase_adapter.rb
index d8ff88b287..5fc12f4b77 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sybase_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sybase_adapter.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# sybase_adaptor.rb
+# sybase_adapter.rb
 # Author: John R. Sheets
 # 
 # 01 Mar 2006: Initial version.  Based on code from Will Sobel
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/serializers/xml_serializer.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/serializers/xml_serializer.rb
index 89559ce709..5a140019eb 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/serializers/xml_serializer.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/serializers/xml_serializer.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
   module Serialization
     # Builds an XML document to represent the model.   Some configuration is
-    # availble through +options+, however more complicated cases should use 
+    # available through +options+, however more complicated cases should use 
     # override ActiveRecord's to_xml.
     #
     # By default the generated XML document will include the processing 
diff --git a/activerecord/test/associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/associations_test.rb
index 8cb3c16a66..e6c7944dbb 100755
--- a/activerecord/test/associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/associations_test.rb
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ class HasAndBelongsToManyAssociationsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal 1, project.access_level.to_i
   end
 
-  def test_hatbm_attribute_access_and_respond_to
+  def test_habtm_attribute_access_and_respond_to
     project = developers(:jamis).projects[0]
     assert project.has_attribute?("name")
     assert project.has_attribute?("joined_on")
diff --git a/activerecord/test/base_test.rb b/activerecord/test/base_test.rb
index 4fb7f39ecc..1883f369c3 100755
--- a/activerecord/test/base_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/base_test.rb
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ class BasicsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_nil keyboard.id
   end
 
-  def test_customized_primary_key_remains_protected_when_refered_to_as_id
+  def test_customized_primary_key_remains_protected_when_referred_to_as_id
     subscriber = Subscriber.new(:id => 'webster123', :name => 'nice try')
     assert_nil subscriber.id
 
diff --git a/activerecord/test/migration_test.rb b/activerecord/test/migration_test.rb
index 69e9212fa6..9ac9bb10fd 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/migration_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/migration_test.rb
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.supports_migrations?
         assert_equal 127, jonnyg.intelligence_quotient
         jonnyg.destroy
       ensure
-        ActiveRecord::Migration.remove_column :people, :intelligece_quotient rescue nil
+        ActiveRecord::Migration.remove_column :people, :intelligence_quotient rescue nil
       end
     end
 
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.supports_migrations?
       assert_equal BigDecimal("1000234000567.95"), b.big_bank_balance
 
       # This one is fun. The 'value_of_e' field is defined as 'DECIMAL' with
-      # precision/scale explictly left out.  By the SQL standard, numbers
+      # precision/scale explicitly left out.  By the SQL standard, numbers
       # assigned to this field should be truncated but that's seldom respected.
       if current_adapter?(:PostgreSQLAdapter, :SQLite2Adapter)
         # - PostgreSQL changes the SQL spec on columns declared simply as
diff --git a/activerecord/test/pk_test.rb b/activerecord/test/pk_test.rb
index 4daef43062..431ff9af9d 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/pk_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/pk_test.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class PrimaryKeysTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_instance_update_should_quote_pkey
     assert_nothing_raised { MixedCaseMonkey.find(1).save }
   end
-  def test_instance_destry_should_quote_pkey
+  def test_instance_destroy_should_quote_pkey
     assert_nothing_raised { MixedCaseMonkey.find(1).destroy }
   end
 end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/unconnected_test.rb b/activerecord/test/unconnected_test.rb
index 2d06410dd8..8079a051e5 100755
--- a/activerecord/test/unconnected_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/unconnected_test.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require 'abstract_unit'
 class TestRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
 end
 
-class TestUnconnectedAdaptor < Test::Unit::TestCase
+class TestUnconnectedAdapter < Test::Unit::TestCase
   self.use_transactional_fixtures = false
 
   def setup
diff --git a/activerecord/test/validations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/validations_test.rb
index d0c54d1528..4b91d86b18 100755
--- a/activerecord/test/validations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/validations_test.rb
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ class ValidationsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  def test_validates_length_with_globaly_modified_error_message
+  def test_validates_length_with_globally_modified_error_message
     ActiveRecord::Errors.default_error_messages[:too_short] = 'tu est trops petit hombre %d'
     Topic.validates_length_of :title, :minimum => 10
     t = Topic.create(:title => 'too short')
diff --git a/activesupport/install.rb b/activesupport/install.rb
index f84f06bdaa..9c54d8c1a9 100644
--- a/activesupport/install.rb
+++ b/activesupport/install.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ unless $sitedir
   end
 end
 
-# the acual gruntwork
+# the actual gruntwork
 Dir.chdir("lib")
 
 Find.find("active_support", "active_support.rb") { |f|
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/misc.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/misc.rb
index e46cfe1b9b..a3637d7a8a 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/misc.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/misc.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Object
   #     post.has_many :all_comments
   #   end
   #
-  # Can also be used with an explicit reciever:
+  # Can also be used with an explicit receiver:
   #
   #   map.with_options :controller => "people" do |people|
   #     people.connect "/people",     :action => "index"
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/unicode.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/unicode.rb
index 0e4c76fb86..dd19fe5428 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/unicode.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/unicode.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
   module CoreExtensions #:nodoc:
     module String #:nodoc:
-      # Define methods for handeling unicode data.
+      # Define methods for handling unicode data.
       module Unicode
         # +chars+ is a Unicode safe proxy for string methods. It creates and returns an instance of the
         # ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars class which encapsulates the original string. A Unicode safe version of all
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb
index b1ad5a9e99..5754ca1bca 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
             end
           end
 
-          # Returns a new Time if requested year can be accomodated by Ruby's Time class
+          # Returns a new Time if requested year can be accommodated by Ruby's Time class
           # (i.e., if year is within either 1970..2038 or 1902..2038, depending on system architecture);
           # otherwise returns a DateTime
           def time_with_datetime_fallback(utc_or_local, year, month=1, day=1, hour=0, min=0, sec=0, usec=0)
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/builder/xmlbase.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/builder/xmlbase.rb
index 57c8ddfc30..ad0069ff15 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/builder/xmlbase.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/builder/xmlbase.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module Builder
     end
     
     # Create a tag named +sym+.  Other than the first argument which
-    # is the tag name, the arguements are the same as the tags
+    # is the tag name, the arguments are the same as the tags
     # implemented via <tt>method_missing</tt>.
     def tag!(sym, *args, &block)
       self.__send__(sym, *args, &block)
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/builder/xmlmarkup.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/builder/xmlmarkup.rb
index 4cdcedb4a1..b7d8b487e5 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/builder/xmlmarkup.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/builder/xmlmarkup.rb
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ module Builder
   #
   #     xml_builder = Builder::XmlMarkup.new
   #     xml_builder.div { |xml|
-  #       xml.stong("text")
+  #       xml.strong("text")
   #     }
   #
   class XmlMarkup < XmlBase
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/xml_simple.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/xml_simple.rb
index 48b7289c65..7ea9c8de6b 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/xml_simple.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/xml_simple.rb
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class XmlSimple
   # Create a "global" cache.
   @@cache = Cache.new
 
-  # Creates and intializes a new XmlSimple object.
+  # Creates and initializes a new XmlSimple object.
   # 
   # defaults::
   #   Default values for options.
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/date_ext_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/date_ext_test.rb
index 4ec595d918..97b637f974 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/date_ext_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/date_ext_test.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class DateExtCalculationsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal Date.new(2005,6,22), Date.new(2005,2,22).change(:month => 6)
   end
 
-  def test_begining_of_week
+  def test_beginning_of_week
     assert_equal Date.new(2005,1,31),  Date.new(2005,2,4).beginning_of_week
     assert_equal Date.new(2005,11,28), Date.new(2005,11,28).beginning_of_week #monday
     assert_equal Date.new(2005,11,28), Date.new(2005,11,29).beginning_of_week #tuesday
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/date_time_ext_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/date_time_ext_test.rb
index b7bdbc5deb..204e8cd676 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/date_time_ext_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/date_time_ext_test.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class DateTimeExtCalculationsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal 86399,DateTime.civil(2005,1,1,23,59,59).seconds_since_midnight
   end
 
-  def test_begining_of_week
+  def test_beginning_of_week
     assert_equal DateTime.civil(2005,1,31), DateTime.civil(2005,2,4,10,10,10).beginning_of_week
     assert_equal DateTime.civil(2005,11,28), DateTime.civil(2005,11,28,0,0,0).beginning_of_week #monday
     assert_equal DateTime.civil(2005,11,28), DateTime.civil(2005,11,29,0,0,0).beginning_of_week #tuesday
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb
index 4a64ebd584..5f06a4efa7 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class TimeExtCalculationsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  def test_begining_of_week
+  def test_beginning_of_week
     assert_equal Time.local(2005,1,31), Time.local(2005,2,4,10,10,10).beginning_of_week
     assert_equal Time.local(2005,11,28), Time.local(2005,11,28,0,0,0).beginning_of_week #monday
     assert_equal Time.local(2005,11,28), Time.local(2005,11,29,0,0,0).beginning_of_week #tuesday
diff --git a/activesupport/test/multibyte_handler_test.rb b/activesupport/test/multibyte_handler_test.rb
index 9905cf65d6..174d7b790d 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/multibyte_handler_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/multibyte_handler_test.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module UTF8HandlingTest
     # This is an ASCII string with some russian strings and a ligature. It's nicely calibrated, because
     # slicing it at some specific bytes will kill your characters if you use standard Ruby routines.
     # It has both capital and standard letters, so that we can test case conversions easily.
-    # It has 26 charactes and 28 when the ligature gets split during normalization.
+    # It has 26 characters and 28 when the ligature gets split during normalization.
     @string =     "Abcd Блå ffi бла бла бла бла"
     @string_kd =  "Abcd Блå ffi бла бла бла бла"
     @string_kc =  "Abcd Блå ffi бла бла бла бла"
diff --git a/railties/lib/commands/plugin.rb b/railties/lib/commands/plugin.rb
index 196e159b0b..b0d1d50600 100644
--- a/railties/lib/commands/plugin.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/commands/plugin.rb
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ module Commands
         o.on(         "--local", 
                       "List locally installed plugins.") {|@local| @remote = false}
         o.on(         "--remote",
-                      "List remotely availabled plugins. This is the default behavior",
+                      "List remotely available plugins. This is the default behavior",
                       "unless --local is provided.") {|@remote|}
       end
     end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails_generator/base.rb b/railties/lib/rails_generator/base.rb
index 95d716fb90..b55a8db673 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails_generator/base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails_generator/base.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module Rails
   # directory.
   #
   # The filenames of the templates don't matter, but choose something that
-  # will be self-explatatory since you will be referencing these in the 
+  # will be self-explanatory since you will be referencing these in the 
   # +manifest+ method inside your generator subclass.
   #
   # 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb b/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb
index db9a087f29..4b6f7ecd15 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ module Rails
         end
 
         # Generate a file for a Rails application using an ERuby template.
-        # Looks up and evalutes a template by name and writes the result.
+        # Looks up and evaluates a template by name and writes the result.
         #
         # The ERB template uses explicit trim mode to best control the
         # proliferation of whitespace in generated code.  <%- trims leading