diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 5e9fc88..50a3bc7 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 			<li>Updated the <a href="libraries/sessions.html">Sessions class</a> so that any custom data being saved gets stored to a database rather than the session cookie (assuming you are using a database to store session data), permitting much more data to be saved.</li>
 			<li>Added the ability to store libraries in subdirectories within either the main "libraries" or the local application "libraries" folder. Please see the <a href="libraries/loader.html">Loader class</a> for more info. </li>
 			<li>Added the ability to assign library objects to your own variable names when you use <kbd>this->load->library()</kbd>. Please see the <a href="libraries/loader.html">Loader class</a> for more info. </li>			
-			<li>Changed the output of the profiler to use style attribute rather then clear, and added the id "codeigniter_profiler" to the container div</li>
+			<li>Changed the output of the profiler to use style attribute rather than clear, and added the id "codeigniter_profiler" to the container div</li>
 		</ul>
 	</li>
 	<li>Helpers
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 <h3>Bug fixes for 1.7.0</h3>
 <ul>
 	<li>Fixed bug in xss_clean() that could remove some desirable tag attributes.</li>
-	<li>Fixed assorted user guide typos or examples (#4840, #4862, #4864, #4899, #4930, #5006, #5071).</li>
+	<li>Fixed assorted user guide typos or examples (#4807, #4840, #4862, #4864, #4899, #4930, #5006, #5071).</li>
 	<li>Fixed an edit from 1.6.3 that made the $robots array in user_agents.php go poof.</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug in the Email library with quoted-printable encoding improperly encoding space and tab characters.</li>
 	<li>Modified XSS sanitization to no longer add semicolons after &amp;[single letter], such as in M&amp;M's, B&amp;B, etc.</li>
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
 <ul>
 	<li>Added <a href="./installation/downloads.html#svn">subversion information</a> to the <a href="./installation/downloads.html">downloads</a> page. </li>
 	<li>Added support for captions in the <a href="./libraries/table.html">Table Library</a> </li>
-	<li>Fixed a bug in the <a href="./helpers/download_helper.html">download_helper</a> that was causing Internet Explorer to load rather then download </li>
+	<li>Fixed a bug in the <a href="./helpers/download_helper.html">download_helper</a> that was causing Internet Explorer to load rather than download </li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug in the Active Record Join function that was not taking table prefixes into consideration.</li>
 	<li>Removed unescaped variables in error messages of Input and Router classes</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug in the Loader that was causing errors on Libraries loaded twice. A debug message is now silently made in the log.  </li>
diff --git a/user_guide/database/queries.html b/user_guide/database/queries.html
index eb4d13e..1411e65 100644
--- a/user_guide/database/queries.html
+++ b/user_guide/database/queries.html
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 <code>$sql = "INSERT INTO table (title) VALUES(".$this->db->escape($title).")";</code></li>
 
 <li><strong>$this->db->escape_str()</strong>  This function escapes the data passed to it, regardless of type.
-Most of the time you'll use the above function rather then this one. Use the function like this:
+Most of the time you'll use the above function rather than this one. Use the function like this:
 
 <code>$sql = "INSERT INTO table (title) VALUES('".$this->db->escape_str($title)."')";</code></li>
 </ol>
diff --git a/user_guide/database/transactions.html b/user_guide/database/transactions.html
index 7ff23ee..8652aad 100644
--- a/user_guide/database/transactions.html
+++ b/user_guide/database/transactions.html
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 <h1>Transactions</h1>
 
 <p>CodeIgniter's database abstraction allows you to use <dfn>transactions</dfn> with databases that support transaction-safe table types.  In MySQL, you'll need
-to be running InnoDB or BDB table types rather then the more common MyISAM.  Most other database platforms support transactions natively.</p>
+to be running InnoDB or BDB table types rather than the more common MyISAM.  Most other database platforms support transactions natively.</p>
 
 <p>If you are not familiar with
 transactions we recommend you find a good online resource to learn about them for your particular database.  The information below assumes you
diff --git a/user_guide/general/routing.html b/user_guide/general/routing.html
index 331161a..80c8ab0 100644
--- a/user_guide/general/routing.html
+++ b/user_guide/general/routing.html
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 
 <p>If you prefer you can use regular expressions to define your routing rules.  Any valid regular expression is allowed, as are back-references.</p>
 
-<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong>&nbsp; If you use back-references you must use the dollar syntax rather then the double backslash syntax.</p>
+<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong>&nbsp; If you use back-references you must use the dollar syntax rather than the double backslash syntax.</p>
 
 <p>A typical RegEx route might look something like this:</p>
 
diff --git a/user_guide/libraries/input.html b/user_guide/libraries/input.html
index eae3a4d..ad73dff 100644
--- a/user_guide/libraries/input.html
+++ b/user_guide/libraries/input.html
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 <h2>Using POST, COOKIE, or SERVER Data</h2>
 
 <p>CodeIgniter comes with three helper functions that let you fetch POST, COOKIE or SERVER items.  The main advantage of using the provided
-functions rather then fetching an item directly ($_POST['something']) is that the functions will check to see if the item is set and
+functions rather than fetching an item directly ($_POST['something']) is that the functions will check to see if the item is set and
 return false (boolean) if not.  This lets you conveniently use data without having to test whether an item exists first.
 In other words, normally you might do something like this:</p>