Merge pull request coffeescript-cookbook#111 from markmontymark/master

Aspell mods and a few grammar fixes

Author: michaelglass

authors-guide.md

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ If the answer to either question is no, you might have some code that is a "clev
 
 ## What If My Recipe is Inefficient/Too Big/Too Slow?
 
-If it solves a problem to which the alternative is to _not_ solve the problem, share it. Let the reader decide if they want to use it. Sometimes we want tight efficient code, other times we want a robust featureset. If the code has abysmal performance characteristics, be sure to warn the reader in the Discussion.
+If it solves a problem to which the alternative is to _not_ solve the problem, share it. Let the reader decide if they want to use it. Sometimes we want tight efficient code, other times we want a robust feature set. If the code has abysmal performance characteristics, be sure to warn the reader in the Discussion.
 
 ## Can I Edit An Existing Recipe?
 

chapters/ajax/ajax_request_without_jquery.md

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ loadDataFromServer = ->
   req = new XMLHttpRequest()
 
   req.addEventListener 'readystatechange', ->
-    if req.readyState is 4                        # ReadyState Compelte
+    if req.readyState is 4                        # ReadyState Complete
       successResultCodes = [200, 304]
       if req.status in successResultCodes
         data = eval '(' + req.responseText + ')'
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ We define our loadDataFromServer callback beginning on line 2.
 
 We create a XMLHttpRequest request object (line 3) and add a *readystatechange* event handler.  This fires whenever the request's readyState changes.
 
-In the event handler we check to see if the readyState = 4, indicating the request has completed.  Then, we check the request status value.  Both 200 or 304 represent a succsessful request.  Anything else represents an error condition.
+In the event handler we check to see if the readyState = 4, indicating the request has completed.  Then, we check the request status value.  Both 200 or 304 represent a successful request.  Anything else represents an error condition.
 
 If the request was indeed successful, we eval the JSON returned from the server and assign it to a data variable.  At this point, we can use the returned data in any way we need to.
 
 The last thing we need to do is actually make our request.
 
-Line 13 opens a 'GET' request to retreive the data.json file.
+Line 13 opens a 'GET' request to retrieve the data.json file.
 
 Line 14 sends our request to the server. 
 

chapters/arrays/filtering-arrays.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ array.filter (x) -> x > 5
 # => [6,7,8,9,10]
 {% endhighlight %}
 
-In pre-EC5 implementations, extend the Array prototype to add a filter function which will take a callback and perform a comprension over itself, collecting all elements for which the callback is true. Be sure to check if the function is already implemented before overwriting it:
+In pre-EC5 implementations, extend the Array prototype to add a filter function which will take a callback and perform a comprehension over itself, collecting all elements for which the callback is true. Be sure to check if the function is already implemented before overwriting it:
 
 {% highlight coffeescript %}
 # Extending Array's prototype

chapters/arrays/reducing-arrays.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ You have an array of objects and want to reduce them to a value, similar to Ruby
 
 ## Solution
 
-You can simply use Array's `reduce()` and `reduceRight()` methods along with an anonoymous function, keeping the code clean and readable. The reduction may be something simple such as using the `+` operator with numbers or strings.
+You can simply use Array's `reduce()` and `reduceRight()` methods along with an anonymous function, keeping the code clean and readable. The reduction may be something simple such as using the `+` operator with numbers or strings.
 
 {% highlight coffeescript %}
 [1,2,3,4].reduce (x,y) -> x + y

chapters/arrays/testing-every-element.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ evens.every (x)-> x % 2 == 0
 # => true
 {% endhighlight %}
 
-Array.every was addded to Mozilla's Javascript 1.6 and made standard with EcmaScript 5. If you to support browsers that do not implement EC5 then check out [`_.all` from underscore.js][underscore].
+Array.every was added to Mozilla's Javascript 1.6 and made standard with ECMAScript 5. If you to support browsers that do not implement EC5 then check out [`_.all` from underscore.js][underscore].
 
 For a real world example, pretend you have a multiple select list that looks like:
 

chapters/arrays/where-for-arrays-of-objects.md

@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ cats.where name:"bubbles", (a, b) -> "#{ a }".toLowerCase() is "#{ b }".toLowerC
 # now it's case insensitive
 {% endhighlight %}
 
-it's more a method to deal with collection and it could be rename as "find" but popular libraires like underscore or lodash name it "where". 
+it's more a method to deal with collection and it could be rename as "find" but popular libraries like underscore or lodash name it "where". 

chapters/dates_and_times/date-of-thanksgiving.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ chapter: Dates and Times
 ---
 ## Problem
 
-You need to calculate when is Thanksgivinig in given year.
+You need to calculate when Thanksgiving is in a given year.
 
 ## Solution
 

chapters/dates_and_times/days-between-two-dates.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ You need to find how much seconds minutes, hours, days, months or years has pass
 
 ## Solution
 
-Use JavaScript's Date function  getTime(). Which provides how much time in miliseconds has passed since 01/01/1970:
+Use JavaScript's Date function  getTime(). Which provides how much time in milliseconds has passed since 01/01/1970:
 
 {% highlight coffeescript %}
 DAY = 1000 * 60 * 60  * 24
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ days_passed = Math.round((d2.getTime() - d1.getTime()) / DAY)
 
 ## Discussion
 
-Using miliseconds makes the life easier to avoid overflow mistakes with Dates. So we first calculate how much miliseconds has a day.
-Then, given two distincit dates, just get the diference in miliseconds betwen two dates and then divide by how much miliseconds has a
+Using milliseconds makes the life easier to avoid overflow mistakes with Dates. So we first calculate how much milliseconds has a day.
+Then, given two distinct dates, just get the difference in milliseconds between two dates and then divide by how much milliseconds has a
 day. It will get you the days between two distinct dates.
 
-If you'd like to calculate the hours between two dates objects you can do that just by dividing the diference in miliseconds by the
-convertion of miliseconds to hours. The same goes to minutes and seconds.
+If you'd like to calculate the hours between two date objects, you can do that just by dividing the difference in milliseconds by the
+conversion of milliseconds to hours. The same goes for minutes and seconds.
 
 {% highlight coffeescript %}
 HOUR = 1000 * 60 * 60

chapters/dates_and_times/moon-phase-for-date.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ You want to find the current phase of the moon.
 
 ## Solution
 
-The following code provides a method to calcualate the phase of the moon for a given date.
+The following code provides a method to calculate the phase of the moon for a given date.
 
 {% highlight coffeescript %}
 # moonPhase.coffee

chapters/design_patterns/adapter.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ In such a situation, the [Adapter Pattern](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adapter_patte
 class AwesomeGrid
 	constructor: (@datasource)->
 		@sort_order = 'ASC' 
-		@sorter = new NullSorter # in this place we use NullObject pattern (another usefull pattern)
+		@sorter = new NullSorter # in this place we use NullObject pattern (another useful pattern)
 	setCustomSorter: (@customSorter) ->
 		@sorter = customSorter
 	sort: () ->