Fix typos and en_US/en_GB inconsistency in various files (#12902)

builtin/common/filterlist.lua

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 -- TODO code cleanup                                                          --
 -- Generic implementation of a filter/sortable list                           --
 -- Usage:                                                                     --
--- Filterlist needs to be initialized on creation. To achieve this you need to --
--- pass following functions:                                                  --
+-- Filterlist needs to be initialized on creation. To achieve this you need   --
+-- to pass following functions:                                               --
 -- raw_fct() (mandatory):                                                     --
 --     function returning a table containing the elements to be filtered      --
 -- compare_fct(element1,element2) (mandatory):                                --
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 -- filter_fct(element,filtercriteria) (optional)                              --
 --     function returning true/false if filtercriteria met to element         --
 -- fetch_param (optional)                                                     --
---     parameter passed to raw_fct to aquire correct raw data                 --
+--     parameter passed to raw_fct to acquire correct raw data                --
 --                                                                            --
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 filterlist = {}

builtin/common/serialize.lua

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ local next, rawget, pairs, pcall, error, type, setfenv, loadstring
 local table_concat, string_dump, string_format, string_match, math_huge
 	= table.concat, string.dump, string.format, string.match, math.huge
 
--- Recursively counts occurences of objects (non-primitives including strings) in a table.
+-- Recursively counts occurrences of objects (non-primitives including strings) in a table.
 local function count_objects(value)
 	local counts = {}
 	if value == nil then

builtin/common/strict.lua

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ end
 
 local meta = {}
 local declared = {}
--- Key is source file, line, and variable name; seperated by NULs
+-- Key is source file, line, and variable name; separated by NULs
 local warned = {}
 
 function meta:__newindex(name, value)

builtin/common/vector.lua

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ metatable.__eq = vector.equals
 function vector.length(v)
 	return math.sqrt(v.x * v.x + v.y * v.y + v.z * v.z)
 end
--- Note: we can not use __len because it is already used for primitive table length
+-- Note: we cannot use __len because it is already used for primitive table length
 
 function vector.normalize(v)
 	local len = vector.length(v)
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ function vector.dir_to_rotation(forward, up)
 
 	-- Since vector.angle never returns a negative value or a value greater
 	-- than math.pi, rot.z has to be inverted sometimes.
-	-- To determine wether this is the case, we rotate the up vector back around
+	-- To determine whether this is the case, we rotate the up vector back around
 	-- the forward vector and check if it worked out.
 	local back = vector.rotate_around_axis(up, forward, -rot.z)
 

builtin/game/item.lua

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ function core.item_place_node(itemstack, placer, pointed_thing, param2,
 	if core.get_item_group(def.name, "attached_node") ~= 0 and
 		not builtin_shared.check_attached_node(place_to, newnode) then
 		log("action", "attached node " .. def.name ..
-			" can not be placed at " .. core.pos_to_string(place_to))
+			" cannot be placed at " .. core.pos_to_string(place_to))
 		return itemstack, nil
 	end
 

builtin/game/item_entity.lua

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ core.register_entity(":__builtin:item", {
 
 	try_merge_with = function(self, own_stack, object, entity)
 		if self.age == entity.age then
-			-- Can not merge with itself
+			-- Cannot merge with itself
 			return false
 		end
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ core.register_entity(":__builtin:item", {
 				own_stack:get_meta() ~= stack:get_meta() or
 				own_stack:get_wear() ~= stack:get_wear() or
 				own_stack:get_free_space() == 0 then
-			-- Can not merge different or full stack
+			-- Cannot merge different or full stack
 			return false
 		end
 

builtin/game/knockback.lua

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--- can be overriden by mods
+-- can be overridden by mods
 function core.calculate_knockback(player, hitter, time_from_last_punch, tool_capabilities, dir, distance, damage)
 	if damage == 0 or player:get_armor_groups().immortal then
 		return 0.0

builtin/game/misc.lua

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ function core.get_player_radius_area(player_name, radius)
 end
 
 
--- To be overriden by protection mods
+-- To be overridden by protection mods
 
 function core.is_protected(pos, name)
 	return false

builtin/mainmenu/dlg_contentstore.lua

@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ local function resolve_dependencies_2(raw_deps, installed_mods, out)
 			end
 		end
 
-		-- Otherwise, find the first mod that fulfils it
+		-- Otherwise, find the first mod that fulfills it
 		if fallback then
 			return {
 				is_optional = dep.is_optional,

builtin/settingtypes.txt

@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ mgv7_floatland_ymax (Floatland maximum Y) int 4096 -31000 31000
 #    Must be less than or equal to half the distance between the Y limits.
 mgv7_floatland_taper (Floatland tapering distance) int 256 0 32767
 
-#    Exponent of the floatland tapering. Alters the tapering behaviour.
+#    Exponent of the floatland tapering. Alters the tapering behavior.
 #    Value = 1.0 creates a uniform, linear tapering.
 #    Values > 1.0 create a smooth tapering suitable for the default separated
 #    floatlands.