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 # Surface
-Surface is simple, light-weight, MVC based framework written in PHP to provide a faster, secure and efficent way to build websites.
+Surface is simple, light-weight, MVC based framework written in PHP to provide a faster, secure and efficient way to build websites.
 
 # Features
 - Object Relational Mapper used - Eloquent