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 in essence, it's just a for loop that does the wrapping for you.
 
 Check out [this blog post](http://justinas.org/alice-painless-middleware-chaining-for-go/)
-for explanation how Alice is diferrent from other chaining solutions.
+for explanation how Alice is different from other chaining solutions.
 
 ### Usage