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 ## Render independently
 
 By default the setting of serializer is in controller as described above which is the
-recommeneded way. However, there may be cases you need to render the json object elsewhere
+recommended way. However, there may be cases you need to render the json object elsewhere
 say in a helper or a view when controller is only for main object.
 
 Then you can render the serialized JSON independently.