Spelling and typos

specification/3-application_service_api.rst

@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ including the AS token on a ``/register`` request, along with a login type of
 
 Application services which attempt to create users or aliases *outside* of
 their defined namespaces will receive an error code ``M_EXCLUSIVE``. Similarly,
-normal users who attempt to create users or alises *inside* an application
+normal users who attempt to create users or aliases *inside* an application
 service-defined namespace will receive the same ``M_EXCLUSIVE`` error code,
 but only if the application service has defined the namespace as ``exclusive``.
 
@@ -375,9 +375,10 @@ an API is exposed.
 Room Aliases
 ++++++++++++
 We may want to expose some 3P network rooms so Matrix users can join them directly,
-e.g. IRC rooms. We don't want to expose every 3P network room though, e.g. mailto,
-tel. Rooms which are publicly accessible (e.g. IRC rooms) can be exposed as an alias by
-the application service. Private rooms (e.g. sending an email to someone) should not
+e.g. IRC rooms. We don't want to expose every 3P network room though, e.g.
+``mailto``, ``tel``. Rooms which are publicly accessible (e.g. IRC rooms) can be
+exposed as an alias by the application service. Private rooms
+(e.g. sending an email to someone) should not
 be exposed in this way, but should instead operate using normal invite/join semantics.
 Therefore, the ID conventions discussed below are only valid for public rooms which 
 expose room aliases.
@@ -397,9 +398,9 @@ SHOULD be mapped in the same way as "user" URIs.
   
 Event fields
 ++++++++++++
-We recommend that any gatewayed events should include an ``external_url`` field
-in their content to provide a way for Matrix clients to link into the 'native'
-client from which the event originated.  For instance, this could contain the
-message-ID for emails/nntp posts, or a link to a blog comment when gatewaying
-blog comment traffic in & out of matrix
+We recommend that any events that originated from a remote network should
+include an ``external_url`` field in their content to provide a way for Matrix
+clients to link into the 'native' client from which the event originated.
+For instance, this could contain the message-ID for emails/nntp posts, or a link
+to a blog comment when bridging blog comment traffic in & out of Matrix.
 

specification/4-server_server_api.rst

@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ because HTTP services like Matrix are often deployed behind load balancers that
 handle the TLS and these load balancers make it difficult to check TLS client
 certificates.
 
-A home server may provide a TLS client certficate and the receiving home server
+A home server may provide a TLS client certificate and the receiving home server
 may check that the client certificate matches the certificate of the origin
 home server.
 

specification/6-appendices.rst

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Threat: Unrecoverable Consistency Violations
 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
 An attacker could send messages which created an unrecoverable "split-brain"
-state in the cluster such that the victim's servers could no longer dervive a
+state in the cluster such that the victim's servers could no longer derive a
 consistent view of the chatroom state.
 
 Threat: Bad History
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Spoofing
 An attacker could try to send a message claiming to be from the victim without
 the victim having sent the message in order to:
 
-* Impersonate the victim while performing illict activity.
+* Impersonate the victim while performing illicit activity.
 * Obtain privileges of the victim.
 
 Threat: Altering Message Contents
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ with a phony "origin" field.
 Spamming
 ~~~~~~~~
 
-The attacker could try to send a high volume of solicicted or unsolicted
+The attacker could try to send a high volume of solicited or unsolicited
 messages to the victim in order to:
 
 * Find victims for scams.