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 The stream uses a cursor on the server so it efficiently keeps only a low number of rows in memory.
 
-This is especially useful when doing [ETL](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract,_transform,_load) on a huge table.  Using manual `limit` and `offset` queries to fake out async itteration through your data is cumbersom, and _way way way_ slower than using a cursor.
+This is especially useful when doing [ETL](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract,_transform,_load) on a huge table.  Using manual `limit` and `offset` queries to fake out async itteration through your data is cumbersome, and _way way way_ slower than using a cursor.
 
 _note: this module only works with the JavaScript client, and does not work with the native bindings. libpq doesn't expose the protocol at a level where a cursor can be manipulated directly_