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       <p>
-        Node is similar in design to and inflused by systems like Ruby's <a
+        Node is similar in design to and influenced by systems like Ruby's <a
         href="http://rubyeventmachine.com/">Event Machine</a> or Python's <a
         href="http://twistedmatrix.com/">Twisted</a>.  Node takes the event
         model a bit further&mdash;it presents the event loop as a language