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 ## How do I use experimental JavaScript (ES Next) features?
 
-`standard` supports the latest JavaScript features, ES8 (ES2017), including
+`standard` supports the latest ECMAScript features, ES8 (ES2017), including
 language feature proposals that are in "Stage 4" of the proposal process.
 
 To support experimental language features, `standard` supports specifying a