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Expand Up @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Any time we must do the same repetitive thing over and over and over again, we i
banksQueue.pushTail('Hello');
banksQueue.pushTail('JavaScript')

Every time you invoke a function that is a member of an object, JavaScript binds that object to the name `this` in the environment of the function just as if it was an argument.[^this] Now we can easily make copies:
Every time you invoke a function that is a member of an object, JavaScript binds that object to the name `this` in the environment of the function just as if it were an argument.[^this] Now we can easily make copies:

copyOfQueue = extend({}, banksQueue)
copyOfQueue.array = []
Expand All @@ -145,4 +145,4 @@ There is more to `this` than we've discussed here. We'll explore things in more

T> Closures tightly couple functions to the environments where they are created limiting their flexibility. Using `this` alleviates the coupling. Copying objects is but one example of where that flexibility is needed.

[^this]: JavaScript also does other things with `this` as well, but this is all we care about right now.
[^this]: JavaScript also does other things with `this` as well, but this is all we care about right now.