A call to arms for grammarians. Fixes #12228 fixes #11875 props kurtmckee, filosofo, jjj

git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@13425 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82

wp-admin/includes/misc.php

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ function save_mod_rewrite_rules() {
 	$home_path = get_home_path();
 	$htaccess_file = $home_path.'.htaccess';
 
-	// If the file doesn't already exists check for write access to the directory and whether we have some rules.
+	// If the file doesn't already exist check for write access to the directory and whether we have some rules.
 	// else check for write access to the file.
 	if ((!file_exists($htaccess_file) && is_writable($home_path) && $wp_rewrite->using_mod_rewrite_permalinks()) || is_writable($htaccess_file)) {
 		if ( got_mod_rewrite() ) {

wp-admin/includes/template.php

@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ function user_row( $user_object, $style = '', $role = '' ) {
 	// Check if the user for this row is editable
 	if ( current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user_object->ID ) ) {
 		// Set up the user editing link
-		// TODO: make profile/user-edit determination a seperate function
+		// TODO: make profile/user-edit determination a separate function
 		if ($current_user->ID == $user_object->ID) {
 			$edit_link = 'profile.php';
 		} else {

wp-admin/options-general.php

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ foreach ( $offset_range as $offset ) {
 	<span id="local-time"><?php printf(__('UTC %1$s is <code>%2$s</code>'), $current_offset_name, date_i18n($time_format)); ?></span>
 <?php endif; ?>
 <br />
-<span class="description"><?php _e('Unfortunately, you have to manually update this for Daylight Savings Time. Lame, we know, but will be fixed in the future.'); ?></span>
+<span class="description"><?php _e('Unfortunately, you have to manually update this for daylight saving time. Lame, we know, but will be fixed in the future.'); ?></span>
 </td>
 <?php
 else: // looks like we can do nice timezone selection!
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ if (empty($tzstring)) { // Create a UTC+- zone if no timezone string exists
 <?php if ($check_zone_info && $tzstring) : ?>
 	<?php
 	$now = localtime(time(),true);
-	if ($now['tm_isdst']) _e('This timezone is currently in daylight savings time.');
+	if ($now['tm_isdst']) _e('This timezone is currently in daylight saving time.');
 	else _e('This timezone is currently in standard time.');
 	?>
 	<br />
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ if (empty($tzstring)) { // Create a UTC+- zone if no timezone string exists
 		if ( isset($found) && $found === true ) {
 			echo ' ';
 			$message = $tr['isdst'] ?
-				__('Daylight savings time begins on: <code>%s</code>.') :
+				__('Daylight saving time begins on: <code>%s</code>.') :
 				__('Standard time begins  on: <code>%s</code>.');
 			printf( $message, date_i18n(get_option('date_format').' '.get_option('time_format'), $tr['ts'] ) );
 		} else {
-			_e('This timezone does not observe daylight savings time.');
+			_e('This timezone does not observe daylight saving time.');
 		}
 	}
 	?>

wp-includes/class-smtp.php

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class SMTP
    * finializing the mail transaction. $msg_data is the message
    * that is to be send with the headers. Each header needs to be
    * on a single line followed by a <CRLF> with the message headers
-   * and the message body being seperated by and additional <CRLF>.
+   * and the message body being separated by and additional <CRLF>.
    *
    * Implements rfc 821: DATA <CRLF>
    *

wp-includes/classes.php

@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ class Walker {
 
 		/*
 		 * need to display in hierarchical order
-		 * seperate elements into two buckets: top level and children elements
+		 * separate elements into two buckets: top level and children elements
 		 * children_elements is two dimensional array, eg.
 		 * children_elements[10][] contains all sub-elements whose parent is 10.
 		 */
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ class Walker {
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * seperate elements into two buckets: top level and children elements
+		 * separate elements into two buckets: top level and children elements
 		 * children_elements is two dimensional array, eg.
 		 * children_elements[10][] contains all sub-elements whose parent is 10.
 		 */

wp-includes/deprecated.php

@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ function gzip_compression() {
  * @see get_comment()
  *
  * @param int $comment_ID The ID of the comment
- * @param int $no_cache Whether to use the cache (casted to bool)
+ * @param int $no_cache Whether to use the cache (cast to bool)
  * @param bool $include_unapproved Whether to include unapproved comments
  * @return array The comment data
  */

wp-includes/general-template.php

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ function get_search_form($echo = true) {
 /**
  * Display the Log In/Out link.
  *
- * Displays a link, which allows the user to navigate to the Log In page to log in
+ * Displays a link, which allows users to navigate to the Log In page to log in
  * or log out depending on whether they are currently logged in.
  *
  * @since 1.5.0

wp-includes/load.php

@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ function timer_stop( $display = 0, $precision = 3 ) { // if called like timer_st
  * defined in wp-config.php. Example: <code> define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); </code>
  *
  * WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY and WP_DEBUG_LOG perform no function unless WP_DEBUG is true.
- * WP_DEBUG defaults defaults to false.
+ * WP_DEBUG defaults to false.
  *
  * When WP_DEBUG is true, all PHP notices are reported. WordPress will also display
  * notices, including one when a deprecated WordPress function, function argument,

wp-includes/post-template.php

@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ function get_the_password_form() {
  * Whether currently in a page template.
  *
  * This template tag allows you to determine if you are in a page template.
- * You can optional provide a template name and then the check will be
+ * You can optionally provide a template name and then the check will be
  * specific to that template.
  *
  * @since 2.5.0