Spelling and grammar fixes

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ Bug Fixes
 - `#3473 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/3473>`_: Raise immediately if ``approx()`` is given an expected value of a type it doesn't understand (e.g. strings, nested dicts, etc.).
 
 
-- `#3712 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/3712>`_: Correctly represent the dimensions of an numpy array when calling ``repr()`` on ``approx()``.
+- `#3712 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/3712>`_: Correctly represent the dimensions of a numpy array when calling ``repr()`` on ``approx()``.
 
 - `#3742 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/3742>`_: Fix incompatibility with third party plugins during collection, which produced the error ``object has no attribute '_collectfile'``.
 

doc/en/proposals/parametrize_with_fixtures.rst

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Issues
 ------
 
 * By using ``request.getfuncargvalue()`` we rely on actual fixture function
-  execution to know what fixtures are involved, due to it's dynamic nature
+  execution to know what fixtures are involved, due to its dynamic nature
 * More importantly, ``request.getfuncargvalue()`` cannot be combined with
   parametrized fixtures, such as ``extra_context``
 * This is very inconvenient if you wish to extend an existing test suite by

doc/en/writing_plugins.rst

@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ return a result object, with which we can assert the tests' outcomes.
         result.assert_outcomes(passed=4)
 
 
-additionally it is possible to copy examples for a example folder before running pytest on it
+additionally it is possible to copy examples for an example folder before running pytest on it
 
 .. code:: ini
 

src/_pytest/capture.py

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class CaptureManager(object):
     def read_global_capture(self):
         return self._global_capturing.readouterr()
 
-    # Fixture Control (its just forwarding, think about removing this later)
+    # Fixture Control (it's just forwarding, think about removing this later)
 
     def activate_fixture(self, item):
         """If the current item is using ``capsys`` or ``capfd``, activate them so they take precedence over

src/_pytest/config/argparsing.py

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class ArgumentError(Exception):
 class Argument(object):
     """class that mimics the necessary behaviour of optparse.Option
 
-    its currently a least effort implementation
+    it's currently a least effort implementation
     and ignoring choices and integer prefixes
     https://docs.python.org/3/library/optparse.html#optparse-standard-option-types
     """

src/_pytest/fixtures.py

@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ class FixtureRequest(FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
         subrequest._check_scope(argname, self.scope, scope)
 
         # clear sys.exc_info before invoking the fixture (python bug?)
-        # if its not explicitly cleared it will leak into the call
+        # if it's not explicitly cleared it will leak into the call
         exc_clear()
         try:
             # call the fixture function

src/_pytest/hookspec.py

@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ def pytest_namespace():
         Plugins whose users depend on the current namespace functionality should prepare to migrate to a
         namespace they actually own.
 
-        To support the migration its suggested to trigger ``DeprecationWarnings`` for objects they put into the
+        To support the migration it's suggested to trigger ``DeprecationWarnings`` for objects they put into the
         pytest namespace.
 
-        An stopgap measure to avoid the warning is to monkeypatch the ``pytest`` module, but just as the
+        A stopgap measure to avoid the warning is to monkeypatch the ``pytest`` module, but just as the
         ``pytest_namespace`` hook this should be seen as a temporary measure to be removed in future versions after
         an appropriate transition period.
     """

src/_pytest/mark/structures.py

@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ class NodeKeywords(MappingMixin):
 @attr.s(cmp=False, hash=False)
 class NodeMarkers(object):
     """
-    internal strucutre for storing marks belongong to a node
+    internal structure for storing marks belonging to a node
 
     ..warning::
 

src/_pytest/pathlib.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ get_lock_path = operator.methodcaller("joinpath", ".lock")
 
 def ensure_reset_dir(path):
     """
-    ensures the given path is a empty directory
+    ensures the given path is an empty directory
     """
     if path.exists():
         rmtree(path, force=True)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ else:
 def _force_symlink(root, target, link_to):
     """helper to create the current symlink
 
-    its full of race conditions that are reasonably ok to ignore
+    it's full of race conditions that are reasonably ok to ignore
     for the contex of best effort linking to the latest testrun
 
     the presumption being thatin case of much parallelism
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def _force_symlink(root, target, link_to):
 
 
 def make_numbered_dir(root, prefix):
-    """create a directory with a increased number as suffix for the given prefix"""
+    """create a directory with an increased number as suffix for the given prefix"""
     for i in range(10):
         # try up to 10 times to create the folder
         max_existing = _max(map(parse_num, find_suffixes(root, prefix)), default=-1)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def create_cleanup_lock(p):
         os.write(fd, spid)
         os.close(fd)
         if not lock_path.is_file():
-            raise EnvironmentError("lock path got renamed after sucessfull creation")
+            raise EnvironmentError("lock path got renamed after successful creation")
         return lock_path
 
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def ensure_deletable(path, consider_lock_dead_if_created_before):
 
 
 def try_cleanup(path, consider_lock_dead_if_created_before):
-    """tries to cleanup a folder if we can ensure its deletable"""
+    """tries to cleanup a folder if we can ensure it's deletable"""
     if ensure_deletable(path, consider_lock_dead_if_created_before):
         maybe_delete_a_numbered_dir(path)
 

src/_pytest/python.py

@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ class Instance(PyCollector):
     _ALLOW_MARKERS = False  # hack, destroy later
     # instances share the object with their parents in a way
     # that duplicates markers instances if not taken out
-    # can be removed at node strucutre reorganization time
+    # can be removed at node structure reorganization time
 
     def _getobj(self):
         return self.parent.obj()
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ class Function(FunctionMixin, nodes.Item, fixtures.FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
     """
 
     _genid = None
-    # disable since functions handle it themselfes
+    # disable since functions handle it themselves
     _ALLOW_MARKERS = False
 
     def __init__(