Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/iliakan/javascript-tutorial-en

Author: iliakan

1-js/05-data-types/03-string/article.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ let double = "double-quoted";
 let backticks = `backticks`;
 ```
 
-Single and double quotes are essentially the same. Backticks however allow us to embed any expression into the string, including function calls:
+Single and double quotes are essentially the same. Backticks, however, allow us to embed any expression into the string, including function calls:
 
 ```js run
 function sum(a, b) {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Examples with unicode:
 ```js run
 alert( "\u00A9" ); // ©
 alert( "\u{20331}" ); // 佫, a rare chinese hieroglyph (long unicode)
-alert( "\u{1F60D}"); // 😍, a smiling face symbol (another long unicode)
+alert( "\u{1F60D}" ); // 😍, a smiling face symbol (another long unicode)
 ```
 
 All special characters start with a backslash character `\`. It is also called an "escape character".
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ alert( str.charAt(1000) ); // '' (an empty string)
 We can also iterate over characters using `for..of`:
 
 ```js run
-for(let char of "Hello") {
+for (let char of "Hello") {
   alert(char); // H,e,l,l,o (char becomes "H", then "e", then "l" etc)
 }
 ```
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ There are 3 methods in JavaScript to get a substring: `substring`, `substr` and
 
     ```js run
     let str = "stringify";
-    alert( str.slice(0,5) ); // 'strin', the substring from 0 to 5 (not including 5)
-    alert( str.slice(0,1) ); // 's', from 0 to 1, but not including 1, so only character at 0
+    alert( str.slice(0, 5) ); // 'strin', the substring from 0 to 5 (not including 5)
+    alert( str.slice(0, 1) ); // 's', from 0 to 1, but not including 1, so only character at 0
     ```
 
     If there is no second argument, then `slice` goes till the end of the string:
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ For instance:
 alert( 'Österreich'.localeCompare('Zealand') ); // -1
 ```
 
-This method actually has two additional arguments specified in [the documentation](mdn:js/String/localeCompare), which allow it to specify the language (by default taken from the environment) and setup additional rules like case sensivity or should `"a"` and `"á"` be treated as the same etc.
+This method actually has two additional arguments specified in [the documentation](mdn:js/String/localeCompare), which allows it to specify the language (by default taken from the environment) and setup additional rules like case sensitivity or should `"a"` and `"á"` be treated as the same etc.
 
 ## Internals, Unicode
 

1-js/05-data-types/04-array/article.md

@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ But for arrays there is another form of loop, `for..of`:
 let fruits = ["Apple", "Orange", "Plum"];
 
 // iterates over array elements
-for(let fruit of fruits) {
+for (let fruit of fruits) {
   alert( fruit ); 
 }
 ```
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ arr.length = 5; // return length back
 alert( arr[3] ); // undefined: the values do not return
 ```
 
-So, the simplest way to clear the array is: `arr.length=0`.
+So, the simplest way to clear the array is: `arr.length = 0;`.
 
 
 ## new Array() [#new-array]
@@ -385,9 +385,9 @@ In the code above, `new Array(number)` has all elements `undefined`.
 
 To evade such surprises, we usually use square brackets, unless we really know what we're doing.
 
-## Multidimentional arrays
+## Multidimensional arrays
 
-Arrays can have items that are also arrays. We can use it for multidimentional arrays, to store matrices:
+Arrays can have items that are also arrays. We can use it for multidimensional arrays, to store matrices:
 
 ```js run
 let matrix = [
@@ -458,9 +458,9 @@ We can use an array as a deque with the following operations:
 - `unshift(...items)` adds items to the beginning.
 
 To loop over the elements of the array:
-  - `for(let i=0; i<arr.length; i++)` -- works fastest, old-browser-compatible.
-  - `for(let item of arr)` -- the modern syntax for items only,
-  - `for(let i in arr)` -- never use.
+  - `for (let i=0; i<arr.length; i++)` -- works fastest, old-browser-compatible.
+  - `for (let item of arr)` -- the modern syntax for items only,
+  - `for (let i in arr)` -- never use.
 
 We will return to arrays and study more methods to add, remove, extract elements and sort arrays in the chapter <info:array-methods>.
 

1-js/06-advanced-functions/08-settimeout-setinterval/article.md

@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Then the next call is scheduled in `(*)` if we're not done yet.
 
 Pauses between `count` executions provide just enough "breath" for the JavaScript engine to do something else, to react on other user actions.
 
-The notable thing is that both variants: with and without splitting the job by `setInterval` -- are comparable in speed. There's no much difference in the overall counting time.
+The notable thing is that both variants: with and without splitting the job by `setTimeout` -- are comparable in speed. There's no much difference in the overall counting time.
 
 To make them closer let's make an improvement.
 
@@ -461,4 +461,4 @@ For example, the in-browser timer may slow down for a lot of reasons:
 - The browser tab is in the background mode.
 - The laptop is on battery.
 
-All that may decrease the minimal timer resolution (the minimal delay) to 300ms or even 1000ms depending on the browser and settings.
+All that may increase the minimal timer resolution (the minimal delay) to 300ms or even 1000ms depending on the browser and settings.