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diff --git a/assignment1/discussion.tex b/assignment1/discussion.tex
index 443e539..164dad0 100644
--- a/assignment1/discussion.tex
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ work \parencite{practitioners}.
 % TODO: consideration of alternatives: how about the RMA?
 
 According to a survey of EIA practitioners \parencite{practitioners},
-the lack of central guidance on impact assessment practice makes it
+the lack of central guidance on impact assessment practise makes it
 difficult for the assessors---planning professionals and engineers who
 are often minimally trained in EIA---to produce adequate
 assessments. The guideline presented by the Fourth Schedule of the RMA
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ result, assessments are not seen as a means to enable affected parties
 and decision makers to find a well-informed compromise that is
 acceptable by all participants, although aiding decision-making
 processes is a core principle of EIA; instead, a majority of survey
-participants primarily aimed to fulfill the requirements of the Fourth
+participants primarily aimed to fulfil the requirements of the Fourth
 Schedule in preparing an AEE and was not concerned with following
-international EIA best practice \parencite{practitioners}.
+international EIA best practise \parencite{practitioners}.
 
 %- failure to predict important impacts
 
-A review of constent processing performance by the Ministry for the
+A review of consent processing performance by the Ministry for the
 Environment further revealed that councils rarely reject subpar
 resource consent applications as permitted by section 88(3) of the
 RMA; much more often faulty applications are accepted and gradually
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ well.
 \subsection{Participation of the public}
 
 Although the use of objective measurements and scientific methodology
-is considered EIA best practice \parencite{principles}, EIA is neither
+is considered EIA best practise \parencite{principles}, EIA is neither
 science nor is it an objective process. As environmental impact
 statements are produced by project proponents with the goal to
 convince decision-makers of the benefits of the project in question,
 the report is a subjective statement or even a piece of project
-advocacy \parencite{TODO}. In recognition of this inherent bias, the
+advocacy \parencite{beattie}. In recognition of this inherent bias, the
 EIA process calls for the participation of the general public, in
 particular the participation of affected individuals or interest
 groups \parencite{wilkins}.
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ the resource consent level, however, is a different one.  According to
 the 2010/11 survey of local authorities the New Zealand
 \textcite{rma-survey} carries out every two years, only about six per
 cent of all resource consents in the two-year period were notified in
-some way, with only four per cent being publically notified (``poor
+some way, with only four per cent being publicly notified (``poor
 provision of information''). Hence, although the public can influence
 the framework relative to which resource consents are evaluated, there
 is limited opportunity for the public to affect the outcome of the
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ been relatively slow in publishing these national
 guidelines \parencite{miller2010implementing}.  Although according to
 \textcite{sadler}, the integrated approach to EIA encouraged by the
 RMA should, in theory, be sufficient to establish a ``context and
-parameters for susidiary EIAs, which are required for all resource use
+parameters for subsidiary EIAs, which are required for all resource use
 consents'', due to slow implementation of the RMA ``local governments
 still rely on project EIA rather than undertaking policy and
 plan-level assessments'' (p 146).  The relative lack of guiding
 constraints on local plans favours regional differences in the
 implementation of environmental management
-practices \parencite[see case studies in][]{discussion}.
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+practises \parencite[see case studies in][]{discussion}.
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diff --git a/assignment1/main.tex b/assignment1/main.tex
index 4aaef5f..df8fa1b 100644
--- a/assignment1/main.tex
+++ b/assignment1/main.tex
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ In order to provide decision-makers with sufficiently detailed insight
 into the potential positive and negative effects of a project on the
 environment, the participation of all parties that would be affected
 by the project, as well as the participation of the general public is
-explicitly encouraged \parencite{principles}.  The involvment of the
+explicitly encouraged \parencite{principles}.  The involvement of the
 public in the decision-finding process is a crucial component of EIA
 as those responsible for the project proposal and the prediction of
 its impacts on the social and natural environment do not necessarily
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ environmental acts other than the
 RMA \parencite{miller2010implementing}.}. The Ministry is supposed to
 prepare and publish national policy statements---declaring governance
 intent relating to issues affecting the whole country or in
-fulfillment of international agreements---as well as national
+fulfilment of international agreements---as well as national
 environmental standards (specific points of reference in the areas of
-air quality, water quality, etc).
+air quality, water quality, etc.).
 
 According to \textcite{furuseth}, ``among local government units, the
 regional councils are presented with the greatest responsibilities and
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ council that received the resource consent application may decide to
 involve the public by means of public notification or determine that
 public notification is not required when the activity is expected to
 only have minor effects and all affected parties agree on the
-proposal \parencite{fookes}. When an application is publically
+proposal \parencite{fookes}. When an application is publicly
 notified, the application is to be reviewed under consideration of
 public submissions and the results of public hearings. Participants in
 the public submission and hearing steps may also appeal to the