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 ## Programmatically Compiling
 
-If you need finder grained control over the compilation process you can use the
+If you need finer grained control over the compilation process you can use the
 raw parse and compile modules.
 
 Parsing converts a string of MoonScript into an abstract syntax tree. Compiling