diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c298bca6..88c4099c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ company.to_builder.target!
 ```
 
 You can either use Jbuilder stand-alone or directly as an ActionView template
-language. When required in Rails, you can create views a la show.json.jbuilder
+language. When required in Rails, you can create views à la show.json.jbuilder
 (the json is already yielded):
 
 ``` ruby
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ json.comments @post.comments, partial: 'comments/comment', as: :comment
 ```
 
 The `as: :some_symbol` is used with partials. It will take care of mapping the passed in object to a variable for the
-partial. If the value is a collection (either implicitly or explicitly by using the `collection:` option, then each
+partial. If the value is a collection either implicitly or explicitly by using the `collection:` option, then each
 value of the collection is passed to the partial as the variable `some_symbol`. If the value is a singular object,
 then the object is passed to the partial as the variable `some_symbol`.
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Be sure not to confuse the `as:` option to mean nesting of the partial. For exam
  json.partial! @comment, as: :comment
 ```
 
-is quite different than:
+is quite different from:
 
 ```ruby
  # comment attributes are nested under a "comment" property
diff --git a/test/jbuilder_dependency_tracker_test.rb b/test/jbuilder_dependency_tracker_test.rb
index b03fe696..d89be37a 100644
--- a/test/jbuilder_dependency_tracker_test.rb
+++ b/test/jbuilder_dependency_tracker_test.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def track_dependencies(source)
       assert_equal %w[comments/comment], dependencies
     end
 
-    test 'detects explicit depedency' do
+    test 'detects explicit dependency' do
       dependencies = track_dependencies <<-RUBY
         # Template Dependency: path/to/partial
         json.foo 'bar'
diff --git a/test/jbuilder_test.rb b/test/jbuilder_test.rb
index d3b37fce..76569bb6 100644
--- a/test/jbuilder_test.rb
+++ b/test/jbuilder_test.rb
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class JbuilderTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal 'world', result['comments'].second['content']
   end
 
-  test 'nesting multiple chilren from a non-Enumerable that responds to #map with inline loop' do
+  test 'nesting multiple children from a non-Enumerable that responds to #map with inline loop' do
     comments = NonEnumerable.new([ Comment.new('hello', 1), Comment.new('world', 2) ])
 
     result = jbuild do |json|
diff --git a/test/scaffold_api_controller_generator_test.rb b/test/scaffold_api_controller_generator_test.rb
index 02ed7af4..2c8f8ef8 100644
--- a/test/scaffold_api_controller_generator_test.rb
+++ b/test/scaffold_api_controller_generator_test.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ScaffoldApiControllerGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
       end
     end
 
-    test 'dont use require and permit if there are no attributes' do
+    test "don't use require and permit if there are no attributes" do
       run_generator %w(Post --api)
 
       assert_file 'app/controllers/posts_controller.rb' do |content|
diff --git a/test/scaffold_controller_generator_test.rb b/test/scaffold_controller_generator_test.rb
index 452ad842..f3783007 100644
--- a/test/scaffold_controller_generator_test.rb
+++ b/test/scaffold_controller_generator_test.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class ScaffoldControllerGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  test 'dont use require and permit if there are no attributes' do
+  test "don't use require and permit if there are no attributes" do
     run_generator %w(Post)
 
     assert_file 'app/controllers/posts_controller.rb' do |content|