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 ## Why PHP-Queue? ##
 
-The pains of implementing a queueing system (eg. Beanstalk, Amazon SQS, RabbitMQ) for your applciation:
+The pains of implementing a queueing system (eg. Beanstalk, Amazon SQS, RabbitMQ) for your application:
 
 * Which one is most efficient? Performant?
 * Learning curve to effectively implement the queue backend & the libraries.