Merge pull request #1024 from dr-acc/fix_typo

16 Typo fixes

exercises/group_project_blog.livemd

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ You may update your README as the project expands
 
 ## Protect Main
 
-[Project your main branch](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/defining-the-mergeability-of-pull-requests/managing-a-branch-protection-rule) so that no one can push directly to main without a PR review.
+[Protect your main branch](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/defining-the-mergeability-of-pull-requests/managing-a-branch-protection-rule) so that no one can push directly to main without a PR review.
 
 This is a common safety mechanism used on most projects to ensure no one can accidentally write to the main branch without review by another member of the project.
 

exercises/habit_tracker.livemd

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Enter your answer below.
 
 ## Progress Bar
 
-Users define a a `goal` number of points to earn each day. Determine what percentage progress have they made if they would like to earn `40` points and have completed a `small` and a `medium` habit.
+Users define a `goal` number of points to earn each day. Determine what percentage progress have they made if they would like to earn `40` points and have completed a `small` and a `medium` habit.
 
 Remember that you can calculate percentage with $\frac{points}{goal} * 100$
 

exercises/mazes.livemd

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ maze = %{
 
 ## The String Maze
 
-Use use **map[key]** notation to access the maze and retrieve the `"Exit!"` string.
+Use **map[key]** notation to access the maze and retrieve the `"Exit!"` string.
 
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@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ treasure_map = %{
 
 ### (Extra Bonus) Update The Treasure Map
 
-Use map update syntax to create a update the original `treasure_map` such that the `"gold"` is now `"taken"`.
+Use map update syntax to create and update the original `treasure_map` such that the `"gold"` is now `"taken"`.
 
 <details style="background-color: lightgreen; padding: 1rem; margin: 1rem 0;">
 <summary>Example solution</summary>

exercises/named_number_lists.livemd

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Mix.install([
 
 ## Named Number Lists
 
-Generate a list with ten random integers from `0` to `9`. Convert each integer in this list to it's string representation so `1` would become `"one"`.
+Generate a list with ten random integers from `0` to `9`. Convert each integer in this list to its string representation so `1` would become `"one"`.
 
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exercises/phoenix_drills.livemd

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ $ mix phx.new random_number --no-ecto
 
 ## Phoenix Navigation
 
-Create a Pheonix application with three pages:
+Create a Phoenix application with three pages:
 
 * Home
 * About

reading/advanced_pattern_matching.livemd

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ We can use the match operator anytime we have a value bound to a parameter or va
 
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-Create a `case` statement that will return the first element in a 2 element tuple, or the first element in 2 element a list.
+Create a `case` statement that will return the first element in a 2 element tuple, or the first element in a 2 element list.
 
 ```elixir
 

reading/apis.livemd

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ You can make a simple cURL request by typing the following in your command line.
 curl https://www.example.com
 ```
 
-It's important to understand cURL because most APIs include documentation using cURL requests examples and we can use these simple curl requests to test an API or know how to send a request in our chosen Elixir API Client.
+It's important to understand cURL because most APIs include documentation using examples of cURL requests. We can use these simple cURL requests to test an API or know how to send a request using our chosen Elixir API Client.
 
 Here, we use the [System](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/System.html) module to simulate running a curl request from your command line and print the response for the sake of example. Notice it returns the HTML document of https://www.example.com.
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ You should see a response similar to the following:
 
 ## Authentication
 
-APIs use different forms of authentication to check if a user is authorized to access certain resources. Typically most forms auth authentication use some kind of access token to identify the user accessing the resource. Public APIs will not require any kind of access token, while private APIs will.
+APIs use different forms of authentication to check if a user is authorized to access certain resources. Typically most forms of authentication use some kind of access token to identify the user accessing the resource. Public APIs will not require any kind of access token, while private APIs will.
 
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reading/built-in_modules.livemd

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ tuple = {0, 4, 1, 100, 5, 7}
 
 ## Checking Types
 
-[Kernel](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Kernel.html) contains many functions for determining a values type such as `is_atom/1`, `is_binary/1`, `is_map/1`, and `is_integer/1`.
+[Kernel](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Kernel.html) contains many functions for determining a value's type such as `is_atom/1`, `is_binary/1`, `is_map/1`, and `is_integer/1`.
 
 ```elixir
 true = Kernel.is_map(%{})

reading/modules.livemd

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ ThoughtfulSpeaker.speak()
 
 ## Callback Functions
 
-Similar to anonymous functions, we can pass named functions as callback functions, however we have to explicitly provide the functions arity using the capture operator `&`.
+Similar to anonymous functions, we can pass named functions as callback functions, however we have to explicitly provide the function's arity using the capture operator `&`.
 
 ```elixir
 defmodule HigherOrder do
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ You can use this feedback to debug your exercises.
 
 ### Your Turn
 
-Fix the failing `DoctestFailure` module so that it's doctests pass.
+Fix the failing `DoctestFailure` module so that its doctests pass.
 
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reading/reduce.livemd

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ If there is an existing key, then it can update the map key using the existing v
 Map.update(updated_map, :key, "default value", fn current -> "updated: #{current}" end)
 ```
 
-When converting a string to a map of character counts, If there is no key, the value will be `1`. If there is an existing key in the map, the value will be the current value incremented by `1`. Here are the steps we want to accomplish for our [Enum.reduce/3](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Enum.html#reduce/3) function.
+When converting a string to a map of character counts, if there is no key, the value will be `1`. If there is an existing key in the map, the value will be the current value incremented by `1`. Here are the steps we want to accomplish for our [Enum.reduce/3](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Enum.html#reduce/3) function.
 
 ```elixir
 initial_accumulator = %{}
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ step2 = Map.update(step1, "b", 1, fn current_value -> current_value + 1 end)
 step3 = Map.update(step2, "a", 1, fn current_value -> current_value + 1 end)
 ```
 
-Putting this all together, here's the [Enum.reduce/3](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Enum.html#reduce/3) function that let's us convert a string into a map with character counts. Note that we have to split the string into a list of characters first to make it enumerable.
+Putting this all together, here's the [Enum.reduce/3](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Enum.html#reduce/3) function that lets us convert a string into a map with character counts. Note that we have to split the string into a list of characters first to make it enumerable.
 
 ```elixir
 split_string = String.split("aba", "", trim: true)

reading/regex.livemd

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Here are a few patterns to get you started.
 Often capitalizing backslash characters inverts their purpose.
 
 `\D` non-digit character.
-`W` non-word character.
+`\W` non-word character.
 `\S` non-whitespace character.
 
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reading/strings_and_binaries.livemd

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ bit_size("hello")
 byte_size("hello")
 ```
 
-We can use [IO.inspect/2](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/IO.html#inspect/2) with the `:as_binaries` option to display a value as it's binary
+We can use [IO.inspect/2](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/IO.html#inspect/2) with the `:as_binaries` option to display a value as its binary
 representation.
 
 Notice these are the code points for each character.