From 8ccee82f262213401ab6eb9d3e30c166193887b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Joshwel <mark@joshwel.co>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 04:34:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: fix english

oops
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 README.md | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0901d28..50dcdc9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ options:
 
 here are a few examples to get you quickly started using surplus in your own program:
 
-1. let surplus do the heavy lifiting
+1. let surplus do the heavy lifting
 
    ```python
    >>> from surplus import surplus, Behaviour
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ here are a few examples to get you quickly started using surplus in your own pro
    'Ngee Ann Polytechnic\n535 Clementi Road\nBukit Timah\n599489\nNorthwest, Singapore'
    ```
 
-2. handle queries seperately
+2. handle queries separately
 
    ```python
    >>> import surplus
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ here are a few examples to get you quickly started using surplus in your own pro
 
 notes:
 
-- you can change what surplus does by passing in a custom [`Behaviour`](#class-behaviour)
+- you can change what surplus does when passing in a custom [`Behaviour`](#class-behaviour)
   object
 
 - most surplus functions return a [`Result`](#class-result) object. while you can
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ the command to create an empty commit is `git commit --allow-empty`
 ### reporting incorrect output
 
 > [!NOTE]  
-> this section is independent from the rest of the contributing section.
+> this section is independent of the rest of the contributing section.
 
 different output from the iOS Shortcuts app is expected, however incorrect output is not.
 
@@ -189,13 +189,13 @@ and do the following:
    function, which by default is OpenStreetMap Nominatim.
    (_don't know what the above means? then you are using the default reverser._)
 
-   also look at the [what counts as "incorrect"](#what-counts-as-incorrect) section
+   also look at the ['what counts as "incorrect"'](#what-counts-as-incorrect) section
    before moving on.
 
 2. include the erroneous query.
    (_the Plus Code/local code/latlong coord/query string you passed into surplus_)
 
-3. include output from the teminal with the
+3. include output from the terminal with the
    [`--debug` flag](#command-line-usage) passed to the surplus CLI or with
    `debug=True` set in function calls.
 
@@ -242,8 +242,9 @@ other examples that _should not_ be reported are:
 
 - name of place is incorrect/different
 
-  this may be due to incorrect data from the geolocator function, which is OpenStreetMap Nominatim by default.
-  in the case of Nominatim, it means that the data on OpenStreetMap is incorrect.
+  this may be due to incorrect data from the geocoder function, which is OpenStreetMap
+  Nominatim by default. in the case of Nominatim, it means that the data on OpenStreetMap
+  is incorrect.
 
   (_if so, then consider updating OpenStreetMap to help not just you, but other surplus
   and OpenStreetMap users!_)
@@ -778,7 +779,7 @@ methods
 
 #### `Latlong.__str__()`
 
-method that returns a comma-and-space-seperated string of `self.latitude` and
+method that returns a comma-and-space-separated string of `self.latitude` and
 `self.longitude`
 
 - signature
@@ -1078,12 +1079,12 @@ pluscodes 2022.1.3 Compute Plus Codes (Open Location Codes).
 - [geopy](https://pypi.org/project/geopy/):
   Python Geocoding Toolbox
 
-  MIT License
+  MIT Licence
 
   - [geographiclib](https://pypi.org/project/geographiclib/):
     The geodesic routines from GeographicLib
 
-    MIT License
+    MIT Licence
 
 - [pluscodes](https://pypi.org/project/pluscodes/):
   Compute Plus Codes (Open Location Codes)