fix: typos

docs/bugs.rst

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ List of Known Bugs
 ##################
 
 Below, you can find a JSON-formatted list of some of the known security-relevant bugs in the
-Solidity compiler. The file itself is hosted in the `Github repository
+Solidity compiler. The file itself is hosted in the `GitHub repository
 <https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/blob/develop/docs/bugs.json>`_.
 The list stretches back as far as version 0.3.0, bugs known to be present only
 in versions preceding that are not listed.

docs/cheatsheet.rst

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Modifiers
 - ``pure`` for functions: Disallows modification or access of state.
 - ``view`` for functions: Disallows modification of state.
 - ``payable`` for functions: Allows them to receive Ether together with a call.
-- ``constant`` for state variables: Disallows assignment (except initialisation), does not occupy storage slot.
+- ``constant`` for state variables: Disallows assignment (except initialization), does not occupy storage slot.
 - ``immutable`` for state variables: Allows assignment at construction time and is constant when deployed. Is stored in code.
 - ``anonymous`` for events: Does not store event signature as topic.
 - ``indexed`` for event parameters: Stores the parameter as topic.

docs/contracts/inheritance.rst

@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Constructors
 
 A constructor is an optional function declared with the ``constructor`` keyword
 which is executed upon contract creation, and where you can run contract
-initialisation code.
+initialization code.
 
 Before the constructor code is executed, state variables are initialised to
 their specified value if you initialise them inline, or their :ref:`default value<default-value>` if you do not.

docs/contributing.rst

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ for the ``evmone`` shared object can be specified via the ``ETH_EVMONE`` environ
 If you do not have it installed, you can skip these tests by passing the ``--no-semantic-tests``
 flag to ``scripts/soltest.sh``.
 
-The ``evmone`` library should both end with the file name
+The ``evmone`` library should end with the file name
 extension ``.so`` on Linux, ``.dll`` on Windows systems and ``.dylib`` on macOS.
 
 For running SMT tests, the ``libz3`` library must be installed and locatable
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ topics, issues or feature implementations are debated in detail. The invitation
 
 We are also sharing feedback surveys and other content that is relevant to language design in the forum.
 
-If you want to know where the team is standing in terms or implementing new features, you can follow the implementation status in the `Solidity Github project <https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/projects/43>`_.
+If you want to know where the team is standing in terms or implementing new features, you can follow the implementation status in the `Solidity GitHub project <https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/projects/43>`_.
 Issues in the design backlog need further specification and will either be discussed in a language design call or in a regular team call. You can
 see the upcoming changes for the next breaking release by changing from the default branch (`develop`) to the `breaking branch <https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/tree/breaking>`_.
 

docs/installing-solidity.rst

@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ and runs it in a new container, passing the ``--help`` argument.
 
     docker run ethereum/solc:stable --help
 
-For example, You can specify release build versions in the tag for the 0.5.4 release.
+You can specify release build versions in the tag. For example:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     docker run ethereum/solc:0.5.4 --help
 
 To use the Docker image to compile Solidity files on the host machine, mount a
-local folder for input and output, and specify the contract to compile. For example.
+local folder for input and output, and specify the contract to compile. For example:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ If you need a specific version of Solidity you can install a
 Homebrew formula directly from Github.
 
 View
-`solidity.rb commits on Github <https://github.com/ethereum/homebrew-ethereum/commits/master/solidity.rb>`_.
+`solidity.rb commits on GitHub <https://github.com/ethereum/homebrew-ethereum/commits/master/solidity.rb>`_.
 
 Copy the commit hash of the version you want and check it out on your machine.
 
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ out-of-the-box but it is also meant to be friendly to third-party tools:
   (via git, HTTPS, IPFS or just have it cached locally) and verify hashes of the binaries
   after downloading them, you do not have to use HTTPS for the binaries themselves.
 
-The same binaries are in most cases available on the `Solidity release page on Github`_. The
-difference is that we do not generally update old releases on the Github release page. This means
+The same binaries are in most cases available on the `Solidity release page on GitHub`_. The
+difference is that we do not generally update old releases on the GitHub release page. This means
 that we do not rename them if the naming convention changes and we do not add builds for platforms
 that were not supported at the time of release. This only happens in ``solc-bin``.
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ This means that:
 .. _IPFS: https://ipfs.io
 .. _Swarm: https://swarm-gateways.net/bzz:/swarm.eth
 .. _solc-bin: https://github.com/ethereum/solc-bin/
-.. _Solidity release page on github: https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/releases
+.. _Solidity release page on GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/releases
 .. _sha3sum: https://github.com/maandree/sha3sum
 .. _keccak256() function from ethereumjs-util: https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-util/blob/master/docs/modules/_hash_.md#const-keccak256
 .. _WebAssembly builds: https://emscripten.org/docs/compiling/WebAssembly.html
@@ -461,11 +461,11 @@ you should fork Solidity and add your personal fork as a second remote:
     This method will result in a pre-release build leading to e.g. a flag
     being set in each bytecode produced by such a compiler.
     If you want to re-build a released Solidity compiler, then
-    please use the source tarball on the github release page:
+    please use the source tarball on the GitHub release page:
 
     https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/releases/download/v0.X.Y/solidity_0.X.Y.tar.gz
 
-    (not the "Source code" provided by github).
+    (not the "Source code" provided by GitHub).
 
 Command-Line Build
 ------------------

docs/internals/optimizer.rst

@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ is transformed to
     }
 
 This eases the rest of the optimization process because we can ignore
-the complicated scoping rules of the for loop initialisation block.
+the complicated scoping rules of the for loop initialization block.
 
 .. _var-decl-initializer:
 
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ The FullInliner replaces certain calls of certain functions
 by the function's body. This is not very helpful in most cases, because
 it just increases the code size but does not have a benefit. Furthermore,
 code is usually very expensive and we would often rather have shorter
-code than more efficient code. In same cases, though, inlining a function
+code than more efficient code. In some cases, though, inlining a function
 can have positive effects on subsequent optimizer steps. This is the case
 if one of the function arguments is a constant, for example.