Description: fix spelling mistakes
Author: Florian Schlichting <fsfs@debian.org>

--- a/Embperl/Mail.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Mail.pm
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 =item headerencoding (2.0b9+)
 
 Tells Embperl::Mail which charset definition to include in any header
-that contains character code 128-255 and therfore needs encoding. 
+that contains character code 128-255 and therefore needs encoding.
 Defaults to iso-8859-1. Pass
 empty string to turn encoding of header fields of.
 
--- a/Embperl/Object.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Object.pm
@@ -459,9 +459,9 @@
 within the "rapid application development" model of Perl and HTML.
 
 
-I<Embperl::Object> is basicly a I<mod_perl> handler or could be invoked
+I<Embperl::Object> is basically a I<mod_perl> handler or could be invoked
 offline and helps you to
-build a whole page out of smaller parts. Basicly it does the following:
+build a whole page out of smaller parts. Basically it does the following:
 
 When a request comes in, a page, which name is specified by L<EMBPERL_OBJECT_BASE>, is
 searched in the same directory as the requested page. If the pages isn't found, 
@@ -499,9 +499,9 @@
 
 The runtime configuration is done by setting environment variables,
 in your web
-server's configuration file. Basicly the configuration is the same as
+server's configuration file. Basically the configuration is the same as
 for normal Embperl. All Embperl configuration directives also applies
-to Embperl::Object. There are a few addtional configuration directives
+to Embperl::Object. There are a few additional configuration directives
 listed below. Addtionaly you have to set the C<PerlHandler> to
 C<Embperl::Object> when running under mod_perl or use C<epocgi.pl>
 instead of C<embpcgi.pl> when running as CGI Script.
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
 the application object. The must be no package name given (as the package is set
 by Embperl::Object), but the @ISA should point to Embperl::App.
 If set this file is searched through the same search path as any content file.
-After a successfull load the init method is called with the Embperl request object
+After a successful load the init method is called with the Embperl request object
 as parameter. The init method can change the parameters inside the request object
 to influence the current request.
 
--- a/Embperl/Session.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Session.pm
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     DataSource => 'dbi:Oracle:db' 
     };
 
-NOTE: HTML::Embperl::Session will require the nessecary additional perl modules for you.
+NOTE: HTML::Embperl::Session will require the necessary additional perl modules for you.
 
 
 =head2 Addtional Methods
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
 =item setid
 
-Set the session id for futher accesses.
+Set the session id for further accesses.
 
 =item getid
 
--- a/Embperl/Syntax.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Syntax.pm
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
 For example if you want to add new html tags, derive from I<Embperl::Syntax::HTML>,
 if you want to add new metacommands derive from I<Embperl::Syntax::EmbperlBlocks>.
 
-Some of the classes define addtionaly methods to easily add new tags. See the 
+Some of the classes define additional methods to easily add new tags. See the
 respective pod file, which methods are available for a certain class.
 
 I<Embperl::Syntax> defines the basic methods to create a syntax:
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
 at the beginning of a document (C<$initcode>), at the end of the document
 (C<$termcode>) or at compile time (C<$compiletimecode>). The three strings must
 be valid Perl code. See I<Embperl::Syntax::SSI> for an example. C<$procinfo>
-is a hashref that can consits of addtional processor infos (see below) for the
+is a hashref that can consits of additional processor infos (see below) for the
 document.
 
 =head2 $self -> GetRoot
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@
 The processor info gives information how to compile this token to valid
 code that can be executed later on by the processor. There could be
 information for multiple processors. At the moment only the I<embperl>
-processor is defined. Normaly you must not worry about different
+processor is defined. Normally you must not worry about different
 processor, because the syntax object knows inside that all procinfo is
 for the I<embperl> processor. I<procinfo> is a parameter to many methods,
 it is a hashref and can take the following items:
--- a/Embperl/Syntax/Embperl.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Syntax/Embperl.pm
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This module provides the default syntax for Embperl and include all defintions
+This module provides the default syntax for Embperl and include all definitions
 from EmbperlHTML and EmbperlBlocks.
 
 =head1 Author
--- a/Embperl/Syntax/HTML.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Syntax/HTML.pm
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
 
 =item $taginfo
 
-Addtional tag definitions. See I<Embperl::Syntax> for more infos.
+Additional tag definitions. See I<Embperl::Syntax> for more infos.
 
 =item $addsess
 
--- a/Embperl/Syntax/POD.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Syntax/POD.pm
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@
 
 =head1 TODO
 
-Documenation of the resulting XML format still has to be written...
+Documentation of the resulting XML format still has to be written...
 
 
 =head1 Methods
--- a/Intro.pod
+++ b/Intro.pod
@@ -37,28 +37,28 @@
 Embperl has started as a Perl module for simply embedding Perl 
 into HTML and has grown to
 a full featured system to build dynamic content (not only) under 
-mod_perl. The version 1.x focus on HTML documents, also it could be
+mod_perl. The version 1.x focuses on HTML documents, also it could be
 used for any sort of ascii files, and brings a lot of features
-especially useful in a web-environment. This features includes
+especially useful in a web-environment. These features include
 handling of form data and dynamic HTML tables/lists, session management
-and context sensitv escaping and unescaping. More over you can
+and context sensitve escaping and unescaping. Moreover you can
 break up your documents in small reusable components/objects and build
-a object-oriented website out of such objects, by using inheritence and
-specificly overriding parts of the page. Also Embperl can cope with pages
-that are screw up by high-level HTML editors, so your designer can still
-use there favorite tool.
+an object-oriented website out of such objects, by using inheritance and
+specifically overriding parts of the page. Also Embperl can cope with pages
+that are screwed up by high-level HTML editors, so your designer can still
+use their favorite tool.
 
 Embperl 2.0, which is a complete rewrite of the Embperl core, is not
-even much faster then 1.x, but adds new possibilities. You can extent
+only much faster then 1.x, but adds new possibilities. You can extend
 or define your own syntax, thus giving the chance to trigger actions
 on certain tags or inventing your own tags (creating a taglib). 
 It is much more modularized, so specific steps could be replaced by
-custom processor and more then one processor can act on a document
-before it goes to the browser (just like a Unix pipe). To enhances
-performance 2.0 indrocuces caching of the output or intermediate steps.
+a custom processor and more than one processor can act on a document
+before it goes to the browser (just like a Unix pipe). To enhance
+performance 2.0 introduces caching of the output or intermediate steps.
 
-Due to this modularization, it is now possible, to replace Embperl parser
-by an XML parser and to do XML processing, for example by pluging in
+Due to this modularization, it is now possible to replace the Embperl parser
+by an XML parser and to do XML processing, for example by plugging in
 an XSLT processer in the processing pipeline.
 Embperl 2.0 can utilize libxml2 and libxslt for XML and XSLT processing.
 
@@ -85,19 +85,19 @@
 So why to use Embperl? We believe that Embperl, especialy the 
 version 2.0, covers all of the aspects of these modules and integrates them
 in one module with addtionaly benefits that are unique to Embperl.
-Addtionaly Embperl is the fastes of these solutions, because it's engine
+Additionally Embperl is the fastest of these solutions, because it's engine
 is totaly written in C and is optimized for delivering dynamic content
 online.
 
-A another competitor for Embperl is PHP.
+Another competitor for Embperl is PHP.
 PHP is developing a strong user base, because it is rumored to be easy
 to learn, and was designed specifically for HTML. Also PHP is probably one
 of the strongest open source alternatives to using Perl in your
 HTML, it's target is very webcentric and you may discover at a certain
-point that is has it's limitations when you try to realize great projects.
+point that is has its limitations when you try to realize great projects.
 Also it's not true, like some anecdotal stories on the Web might want to make
-you belive, that PHP is faster then Perl. Perl,
-and therfore Embperl also, scales and performs very well for high end solution.
+you believe, that PHP is faster than Perl. Perl,
+and therefore Embperl also, scales and performs very well for high end solution.
 
 
 =head2 Focus of this document
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
  # prepare the sql select
  $sth = $dbh -> prepare ("SELECT * from $table") ;
 
- # excute the query
+ # execute the query
  $sth -> execute ;
 
  # get the fieldnames for the heading in $head
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
 =back
 
 
-Addtional you can write your own debug informtion to the Embperl
+Additionally you can write your own debug information to the Embperl
 logfile by writing to the special filehandle C<LOG> which is
 opend by Embperl.
 
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
  # prepare the sql select
  $sth = $dbh -> prepare ("SELECT * from $table") ;
 
- # excute the query
+ # execute the query
  $sth -> execute ;
 
  # get the fieldnames for the heading in $head
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
 L<"perldoc IntroEmbperl2"|"IntroEmbperl2.pod"> describes the advanced
 features of Embperl 2
 
-For a full documenation read L<"perldoc Embperl"|"Embperl.pod"> and
+For a full documentation read L<"perldoc Embperl"|"Embperl.pod"> and
 L<"perldoc Config"|"Config.pod">.
 
 You can find additional information on http://perl.apache.org/embperl
--- a/TOC.pod
+++ b/TOC.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-Embperl::TOC - Embperl Documenation: Table of Contents
+Embperl::TOC - Embperl Documentation: Table of Contents
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
--- a/Config.pod
+++ b/Config.pod
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
 
 =item Default:
 
-off unless runing as CGI script
+off unless running as CGI script
 
 =item Since:
 
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
 
 =item Default:
 
-off unless runing as CGI script
+off unless running as CGI script
 
 =item Since:
 
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
 =back
 
 
-Specifies the name for an application. The name is basicly used to refer to this application
+Specifies the name for an application. The name is basically used to refer to this application
 elsewhere in httpd.conf without the need to setup the parameters for the apllication again.
 
 
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@
 =back
 
 
-Reset error counter if for <sec> seconds no error has occured.
+Reset error counter if for <sec> seconds no error has occurred.
 
 
 =head2 Embperl_Mail_Errors_Resend_Time
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@
 the application object. There must be no package name given (as the package is set
 by Embperl::Object) inside the file, but the @ISA should point to Embperl::App.
 If set this file is searched through the same search path as any content file.
-After a successfull load the init method is called with the Embperl request object
+After a successful load the init method is called with the Embperl request object
 as parameter. The init method can change the parameters inside the request object
 to influence the current request.
 
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@
 Execute no path for the file is given.
 
  
-In F<httpd.conf> or as evironment variable directories are
+In F<httpd.conf> or as environment variable directories are
 separated by C<;> (on Unix C<:> works also). The parameter for C<Execute> and
 the application object method expects/returns an array reference.
 This path is
@@ -1217,14 +1217,14 @@
 
 
 
-Additional directories where Embperl::Object searches for files for the inital request.
+Additional directories where Embperl::Object searches for files for the initial request.
 
 If a file is requested, but cannot be found at the given location, the directories
 given in the this path are additionally searched for the file. This applies only to
 the initial filename given to Embperl::Object and B<not> to files called via
 Execute.  
 
-In F<httpd.conf> or as evironment variable directories are
+In F<httpd.conf> or as environment variable directories are
 separated by C<;> (on Unix C<:> works also). The parameter for C<Execute> and
 the application object method expects/returns an array reference.
 
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@
 
 =item Default:
 
-off unless runing as CGI script
+off unless running as CGI script
 
 =item Since:
 
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@
 
 =item Default:
 
-off unless runing as CGI script
+off unless running as CGI script
 
 =item Since:
 
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@
 
 =item Default:
 
-off unless runing as CGI script
+off unless running as CGI script
 
 =item Since:
 
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@
 
 =item Default:
 
-off unless runing as CGI script
+off unless running as CGI script
 
 =item Since:
 
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@
 escaping. Without it is possible to disable escaping by preceding the item that
 normally is escaped with a backslash. While this is a handy thing, it could
 be very dangerous in situations, where content that is inserted by some
-user is redisplayed, because they can enter arbitrary HTML and preceed them
+user is redisplayed, because they can enter arbitrary HTML and precede them
 with a backslash to avoid correct escaping when their input is redisplayed
 again.
 
@@ -2171,7 +2171,7 @@
 
 
 Function that is called every time before data is taken from the cache.
-If this funtion returns true, the data from the cache isn't used anymore,
+If this function returns true, the data from the cache isn't used anymore,
 but rebuilt.
 
 Function could be either a coderef (when passed to Execute), a name of a
@@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@
 
 
 The primary langange found in the browser C<Accept-Language> HTTP header.
-This value is used for all language dependend functions inside Embperl.
+This value is used for all language-dependent functions inside Embperl.
 You can set it change the selection of message returned by C<$request -&gt; gettext>
 and C<[= =]>.
 
@@ -2995,7 +2995,7 @@
 Each of these objects can be used to get information about the processing and
 control the execution. Each of these objects has a config sub-object, which makes
 the configuration accessible and, where possible, changeable at runtime. The C<config>
-method of these three objects returns a reference to the configuation object. The methods
+method of these three objects returns a reference to the configuration object. The methods
 of these configurations objects are described in the section L<Configuration>.
 The request and the component object have addtionaly a parameter sub-object, which holds
 parameters passed to the current request/component. The C<param> method of these two
@@ -3198,7 +3198,7 @@
 =back
 
 
-Time when the last error has occured.  See also L<mail_errors_to>.
+Time when the last error has occurred.  See also L<mail_errors_to>.
 
 =head2 errors_last_send_time
 
@@ -3510,7 +3510,7 @@
 =back
 
 
-Reference to an array which holds all error messages occured so far.
+Reference to an array which holds all error messages occurred so far.
 
 =head2 errdat1
 
@@ -3617,7 +3617,7 @@
 =back
 
 
-Refernce to a hash which contains all packages that must be cleaned up after the request.
+Reference to a hash which contains all packages that must be cleaned up after the request.
 
 =head2 initial_cwd
 
@@ -3670,7 +3670,7 @@
             },
          'en' =>
             {
-            'addsel1' => 'Click on the category for wich you want to add a new item:',
+            'addsel1' => 'Click on the category for which you want to add a new item:',
             'addsel2' => 'or add new category. Please enter the description in as much languages as possible.',
             'addsel3' => 'If you don\'t know the translation leave the corresponding input field empty.',
             'addsel4' => 'Add category',
@@ -3968,7 +3968,7 @@
 =back
 
 
-Only valid during compile phase. Can used to retrive and modify the code
+Only valid during compile phase. Can used to retrieve and modify the code
 Embperl is generating. See Embperl::Syntax for more details and Embperl::Syntax::RTF
 for an example.
 
--- a/Embperl.pod
+++ b/Embperl.pod
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 necessary. For example, if you want to recursively call an Embperl document via Execute.
 
 There is a second reason to use the [* Perl code *] instead of the [- Perl Code -]. If you like
-to use perl's control structures. Perl's if, while, for etc. can B<not> span mulitple [- Perl Code -]
+to use perl's control structures. Perl's if, while, for etc. can B<not> span multiple [- Perl Code -]
 blocks, but it can span multiple [* Perl Code *]. 
 
   Example:
@@ -259,21 +259,21 @@
 =item B<next>
 
 Inside of looks same as Perl next statement. You could also use the following
-syntax, which allows you to add an addtional condition (or any other Perl code):
+syntax, which allows you to add an additional condition (or any other Perl code):
 
     [* next if ($foo) *]
 
 =item B<last>
 
 Inside of looks same as Perl last statement. You could also use the following
-syntax, which allows you to add an addtional condition (or any other Perl code):
+syntax, which allows you to add an additional condition (or any other Perl code):
 
     [* last if ($foo) *]
 
 =item B<redo>
 
 Inside of looks same as Perl redo statement. You could also use the following
-syntax, which allows you to add an addtional condition (or any other Perl code):
+syntax, which allows you to add an additional condition (or any other Perl code):
 
     [* redo if ($foo) *]
 
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
 
 =item pre
 
-Same as C<out>, but suround with a <pre> tag. This is the default, if
+Same as C<out>, but surrounded with a <pre> tag. This is the default, if
 the output parameter is omitted.
 
 =item log
@@ -828,10 +828,10 @@
 Turn HTML and URL escaping on and off.  The default is on ($escmode =
 3).
 
-B<NOTE:> Normaly you can disable escaping by preceding the item that
+B<NOTE:> Normally you can disable escaping by preceding the item that
 normally is escaped with a backslash. While this is a handy thing, it could
 be very dangerous in situations, where content that is inserted by some
-user is redisplayed, because they can enter arbitrary HTML and preceed them
+user is redisplayed, because they can enter arbitrary HTML and precede them
 with a backslash to avoid correct escaping when their input is redisplayed
 again. To avoid this problem, add 4 to the values below. This will cause
 Embperl to ignore the backslash when it does output escaping at all.
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@
     PerlSetEnv EMBPERL_SESSION_HANDLER_CLASS "Embperl::Session"
 
 to get the old behaviour. If you have Apache::SessionX installed, you
-don't have to make addtional configuration, otherwise you must do the following
+don't have to make additional configuration, otherwise you must do the following
 things. You are also able to override the Apache::SessionX defaults, by
 using the following parameters:
 
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@
 
 =head2 Embperl::Req::RefreshSession / $r -> RefreshSession [1.3b6+]
 
-Triggers a resend of the cookie. Normaly the cookie is only send the first time.
+Triggers a resend of the cookie. Normally the cookie is only sent the first time.
 If called as a method C<$r> must be 
 a Embperl::Req object, which is passed as first parameter to every Embperl page in @_ .
 
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@
     -]
     
     [$if @errors$]
-        The following errors had occured:<br>
+        The following errors had occurred:<br>
         [$foreach $err (@errors)$]
             [+ $err +]<br>         
         [$endforeach$]
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@
 to C<die> instead of a string this will also show up in @errors. The last object 
 passed to C<die> is also available via C<$epreq -> errobj>.
 
-C<$epreq -> error> can be used to test if an error occured so far during the
+C<$epreq -> error> can be used to test if an error occurred so far during the
 current request. You can also set C<$epreq -> error> to false to reset Embperl's
 internal error condition.
 
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@
 as B<Return-Path>. Usually, this will be the field where the user enters his
 e-mail address in the form.
 
-If you specifiy the following example code as the action in your form
+If you specify the following example code as the action in your form
 
   <FORM ACTION="x/feedback.htm" METHOD="POST"
         ENCTYPE="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@
 
 =head1 Performance
 
-To get the best performace from Embperl, it is necessary to restrict
+To get the best performance from Embperl, it is necessary to restrict
 logging to a minimum.  You can drastically slow down Embperl if you
 enable all logging options.  (This is why `make test' takes a while to
 run.)  You should B<never> enable B<dbgFlushOutput> or B<dbgFlushLog>
--- a/Embperl/Form.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Form.pm
@@ -1314,21 +1314,21 @@
 
 =item * classdiv
 
-Gives the CSS class of the DIV arround the form. Default cTableDiv.
+Gives the CSS class of the DIV around the form. Default cTableDiv.
 
 =item * checkitems
 
-If set to true, allow to call the function diff_checkitems after the data is
+If set to true, allows one to call the function diff_checkitems after the data is
 posted and see which form fields are changed.
 
 =item * control_packages
 
-Arrayref with package names to search for form controls. Alternativly you can
+Arrayref with package names to search for form controls. Alternatively you can
 overwrite the method get_control_packages.
 
 =item * datasrc_packages
 
-Arrayref with package names to search for form data source modules. Alternativly you can
+Arrayref with package names to search for form data source modules. Alternatively you can
 overwrite the method get_datasrc_packages.
 
 
--- a/Embperl/Form/Control.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Form/Control.pm
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@
 Will be used as label for the control, if not given
 'name' is used as default.
 
-Normaly the the name and text parameters are processed
+Normally the the name and text parameters are processed
 by the method C<convert_label> of the C<Embperl::Form>
 object. This method can be overwritten, to allow translation etc.
 
--- a/Embperl/Form/Control/age.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Form/Control/age.pm
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-Used to create a age input control inside an Embperl Form.
+Used to create an age input control inside an Embperl Form.
 Will format date as days:hours:minutes from current time.
-Optionaly it can display an unit after the input field.
+Optionally it can display an unit after the input field.
 See Embperl::Form on how to specify parameters.
 
 =head2 PARAMETER
--- a/Embperl/Form/Control/checkbox.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Form/Control/checkbox.pm
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 
 %%%name%%% is replaced by $fdat{<name>}, where <name> is the value that
 is given with name parameter. Is is especially useful inside of grids
-where the actual name of the html control is computed dynamicly.
+where the actual name of the html control is computed dynamically.
 
 =head3 class
 
--- a/Embperl/Form/Control/datetime.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Form/Control/datetime.pm
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 Will format number as a date/time.
 See Embperl::Form on how to specify parameters.
 
-Datetime format in %fdat is excpected as YYYYMMTTHHMMSSZ
+Datetime format in %fdat is expected as YYYYMMTTHHMMSSZ
 
 =head2 PARAMETER
 
--- a/Embperl/Form/Control/duration.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Form/Control/duration.pm
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 
 Used to create a price input control inside an Embperl Form.
 Will format number as a money ammout.
-Optionaly it can display an unit after the input field.
+Optionally it can display an unit after the input field.
 See Embperl::Form on how to specify parameters.
 
 =head2 PARAMETER
--- a/Embperl/Form/Control/grid.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Form/Control/grid.pm
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@
 
 =head3 line2
 
-field defintion wich is show in a second line, full width.
+field definition which is show in a second line, full width.
 
 =head3  disable_controls
 
@@ -737,10 +737,10 @@
 
 =head3 flat
 
-This can be used for readonly view of grid. Normaly readonly view will show
-the content as one large string. The flat attribute can contain a semikolon
-delimited list of fields that should be show in readony view. That allows
-to selectivly show fields in readonly view. 
+This can be used for readonly view of grid. Normally readonly view will show
+the content as one large string. The flat attribute can contain a semicolon
+delimited list of fields that should be shown in readony view. That allows
+to selectively show fields in readonly view.
 This can be used to show a readonly view of a grid inside of another grid.
 
 =head3 flatopt
--- a/Embperl/Form/Control/number.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Form/Control/number.pm
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 Used to create a numeric input control inside an Embperl Form.
-Optionaly it can display an unit after the input field.
+Optionally it can display an unit after the input field.
 See Embperl::Form on how to specify parameters.
 
 =head2 PARAMETER
--- a/Embperl/Form/Control/price.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Form/Control/price.pm
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 
 Used to create a price input control inside an Embperl Form.
 Will format number as a money ammout.
-Optionaly it can display an unit after the input field.
+Optionally it can display an unit after the input field.
 See Embperl::Form on how to specify parameters.
 
 =head2 PARAMETER
--- a/Embperl/Form/Control/table.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Form/Control/table.pm
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 email and phone will be display on the first line with headings
 'E-Mail Address' and 'Phone' and foo and bar will be displayed
 on the second line for each entry.
-In case your data is an array of arrays you have to specifiy the
+In case your data is an array of arrays you have to specify the
 array index instead of the hash key name.
 
 It is possible to add additional information. One entry might
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
 
 =item C<2>
 
-Colspan (how many colums this cell should span)
+Colspan (how many columns this cell should span)
 
 =item C<3>
 
--- a/Embperl/Form/DataSource.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Form/DataSource.pm
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@
 
 =head3 get_id_from_value
 
-returns an id for a given value. This allow to have an id form an value/option
-pair which is not excat the same as the value. This is used in json requests
+returns an id for a given value. This allows one to have an id form a value/option
+pair which is not exactly the same as the value. This is used in json requests
 for example for selectdyn control.
 
 =head3 get_datasource_controls 
--- a/Embperl/Form/Validate.pm
+++ b/Embperl/Form/Validate.pm
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 
 =item $pref
 
-can contain addtional information for the validation process.
+can contain additional information for the validation process.
 At the moment the keys C<language> and C<default_language>
 are recognized. C<language> defaults to the language set by
 Embperl. C<default_language> defaults to the one given with C<new>.
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 The method verifies the content $fdat according to the rules given 
 to the Embperl::Form::Validate
 constructor and added by the add_rule() method and returns an 
-array refernce to error information. If there is no error it
+array reference to error information. If there is no error it
 returns undef. Each element of the returned array contains a hash with
 the following keys:
 
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@
 gives the key in the passed form data hash which should be tested. -key
 is normally the name given in the HTML name attribute within a form field.
 C<-key> can also be a arrayref, in which case B<only one of> the given keys
-must statisfy the following test to succeed.
+must satisfy the following test to succeed.
 
 =item -name
 
@@ -781,10 +781,10 @@
 =item -type
 
 specfify to not use the standard tests, but the ones for a special type.
-For example there is a type C<Number> which will replaces all the comparsions
-by numeric ones instead of string comparisions. You may add your own types
+For example there is a type C<Number> which will replace all the comparisons
+by numeric ones instead of string comparisons. You may add your own types
 by writing a module that contains the necessary test and dropping it under
-Embperl::Form::Validate::<Typename>. The -type directive also can verfiy
+Embperl::Form::Validate::<Typename>. The -type directive also can verify
 that the given data has a valid format for the type.
 
 The following types are available:
@@ -857,14 +857,14 @@
 
 Used to give messages which should be used when the test fails. This message
 overrides the standard messages provided by Embperl::Form::Validate and
-by Embperls message management. Can also be a hash with messages for multiple
-languages. The -msg parameter must preceed the test for which it should be
+by Embperl's message management. Can also be a hash with messages for multiple
+languages. The -msg parameter must precede the test for which it should be
 displayed. You can have multiple different messages for different tests, e.g.
 
        [
 	-key        => 'email',
 	-name       => 'E-Mail-Address',
-	emptyok     => 1,                   # it's ok to leave this field empty (in this case the following tests are skiped)
+	emptyok     => 1,                   # it's ok to leave this field empty (in this case the following tests are skipped)
          
 	-msg => 'The E-Mail-Address is invalid.',
 	matches_regex => '(^[^ <>()@-]+@[^ <>()@-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}$)', 
@@ -928,8 +928,8 @@
 
 Value must be the same as in field given as argument. This is useful
 if you want for example verify that two passwords are the same. The 
-Text displayed to the user for the second field maybe added to the argument
-separeted by a colon. Example:
+Text displayed to the user for the second field may be added to the argument
+separated by a colon. Example:
 
   $epf = Embperl::Form::Validate -> new (
         [
--- a/Faq.pod
+++ b/Faq.pod
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
         bt                      -> show the backtrace
 
 To get some more information it would be a good idea to compile Embperl with
-debugging infomation enabled. Therefor do
+debugging information enabled. Therefore do
 
 =head2 How do I build Embperl with debugging information
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 
 =back
 
-now start the gdb as decribed before.
+now start the gdb as described before.
 
 
 
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@
 The problem (in this case) is, that Embperl init function ,(Init in epmain.c)
 calls OpenLog will an second argument of zero. Which will only save the
 filename. The log will actually opened on the first write to it (or at the
-start of the first request). At this time your Apache has alreay switch to
-user www. This is done to allow to change the logfile name before an
+start of the first request). At this time your Apache has already switch to
+user www. This is done to allow one to change the logfile name before a
 request, but after the init is already called (which is done when you or
 Apache "use" the module)
 
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
 L<"Escaping & Unescaping"> is devoted to them.
 
 
-=head2 When I use a module inside a Embperl page, it behaves weired
+=head2 When I use a module inside an Embperl page, it behaves weird
 when the source changes.
 
 
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@
     [- $var  = 1; <br>
         $foo = 2 -]
 
-permissable, so that you can enter Perl code while you mark up pages in an
+permissible, so that you can enter Perl code while you mark up pages in an
 editor, all at once.  In this example, Embperl would remove the
 unnecessary <br> tag and, therefore, make Perl happy. And if Perl is
 happy, we are all happy. 
--- a/Features.pod
+++ b/Features.pod
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
 =item *
 
-Fully integrated into Apache and mod_perl to acheive the best performance. 
+Fully integrated into Apache and mod_perl to achieve the best performance.
 Can also run as a free standing CGI-script, off-line or can be called from another Perl program.
 
 
--- a/epmain.c
+++ b/epmain.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
         case rcWriteErr:                msg ="[%d]ERR:  %d: %s File write Error%s%s" ; break ;
         case rcUnknownNameSpace:        msg ="[%d]ERR:  %d: %s Namespace %s unknown%s" ; break ;
         case rcInputNotSupported:       msg ="[%d]ERR:  %d: %s Input not supported in mod_perl mode%s%s" ; break ;
-        case rcCannotUsedRecursive:     msg ="[%d]ERR:  %d: %s Cannot be called recursivly in mod_perl mode%s%s" ; break ;
+        case rcCannotUsedRecursive:     msg ="[%d]ERR:  %d: %s Cannot be called recursively in mod_perl mode%s%s" ; break ;
         case rcEndtableWithoutTablerow: msg ="[%d]ERR:  %d: %s </tr> without <tr>%s%s" ; break ;
         case rcEndtextareaWithoutTextarea: msg ="[%d]ERR:  %d: %s </textarea> without <textarea>%s%s" ; break ;
         case rcEvalErr:                 msg ="[%d]ERR:  %d: %s Error in Perl code: %s%s" ; break ;