diff --git a/language/types.xml b/language/types.xml
index ba585ca1a0..722b54040d 100644
--- a/language/types.xml
+++ b/language/types.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.86 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.87 $ -->
  <chapter id="language.types">
   <title>Types</title>
 
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ EOT;
      <simpara>
       The complex syntax was introduced in PHP 4,
       <!-- XXX was it? and starting with what version exactly? -->
-      and can by recognised
+      and can be recognised
       by the curly braces surrounding the expression.
      </simpara>
      <sect4 id="language.types.string.parsing.simple">
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ echo "\$foo==$foo; type is " . gettype ($foo) . "<br />\n";
       <type>integer</type> <literal>1</literal> as key. Using
       <literal>false</literal> as a key will evalute to <type>integer</type>
       <literal>0</literal> as key.  Using <literal>NULL</literal> as a key
-      will evalute to an empty string. Using an emptry string as key will
+      will evaluate to an empty string. Using an emptry string as key will
       create (or overwrite) a key with an empty string and its value, it is
       not the same as using empty brackets.
      </para>
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ unset( $a[2] );
     </note> 
     <para>
      The <link linkend="control-structures.foreach">foreach</link> 
-     control structure exists specificly for arrays. It 
+     control structure exists specifically for arrays. It 
      provides an easy way to traverse an array.
     </para>