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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ I'm using functions to get to nodes of the same name. The same functions can als
 I'm using [sax js](https://github.com/isaacs/sax-js) created by [Isaac](https://github.com/isaacs) to do all the hard work of actually parsing the xml :-)
 
 ### Warning
-__Apparently, javascript cannot distinguish between functions and objects. Therefor nodes with names like ```text```, ```count```, ```at```, ```each``` cannot be traversed.
+__Apparently, javascript cannot distinguish between functions and objects. Therefore nodes with names like ```text```, ```count```, ```at```, ```each``` cannot be traversed.
 If someone comes up with a sound solution for this, just let me know!__
 
 ## Functions ##