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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ JSONC is JSON with JavaScript style comments. This node module provides a scanne
  - the *scanner* tokenizes the input string into tokens and token offsets
  - the *visit* function implements a 'SAX' style parser with callbacks for the encountered properties and values.
  - the *parseTree* function computes a hierarchical DOM with offsets representing the encountered properties and values.
- - the *parse* function evaluates the JavaScipt object represented by JSON string in a fault tolerant fashion. 
+ - the *parse* function evaluates the JavaScript object represented by JSON string in a fault tolerant fashion. 
  - the *getLocation* API returns a location object that describes the property or value located at a given offset in a JSON document.
  - ths *findNodeAtLocation* API finds the node at a given location path in a JSON DOM.
  - the *format* API computes edits to format a JSON document.