diff --git a/backbone.js b/backbone.js
index fdd7d3a2e..95c5661ab 100644
--- a/backbone.js
+++ b/backbone.js
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
   // Establish the root object, `window` (`self`) in the browser, or `global` on the server.
   // We use `self` instead of `window` for `WebWorker` support.
-  var root = (typeof self == 'object' && self.self === self && self) ||
-            (typeof global == 'object' && global.global === global && global);
+  var root = typeof self == 'object' && self.self === self && self ||
+            typeof global == 'object' && global.global === global && global;
 
   // Set up Backbone appropriately for the environment. Start with AMD.
   if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
   // Finally, as a browser global.
   } else {
-    root.Backbone = factory(root, {}, root._, (root.jQuery || root.Zepto || root.ender || root.$));
+    root.Backbone = factory(root, {}, root._, root.jQuery || root.Zepto || root.ender || root.$);
   }
 
 })(function(root, Backbone, _, $) {
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
       // Set temporary attributes if `{wait: true}` to properly find new ids.
       if (attrs && wait) this.attributes = _.extend({}, attributes, attrs);
 
-      var method = this.isNew() ? 'create' : (options.patch ? 'patch' : 'update');
+      var method = this.isNew() ? 'create' : options.patch ? 'patch' : 'update';
       if (method === 'patch' && !options.attrs) options.attrs = attrs;
       var xhr = this.sync(method, this, options);
 
@@ -1500,19 +1500,19 @@
   // 90% of the core usefulness of Backbone Collections is actually implemented
   // right here:
   var collectionMethods = {forEach: 3, each: 3, map: 3, collect: 3, reduce: 0,
-      foldl: 0, inject: 0, reduceRight: 0, foldr: 0, find: 3, detect: 3, filter: 3,
-      select: 3, reject: 3, every: 3, all: 3, some: 3, any: 3, include: 3, includes: 3,
-      contains: 3, invoke: 0, max: 3, min: 3, toArray: 1, size: 1, first: 3,
-      head: 3, take: 3, initial: 3, rest: 3, tail: 3, drop: 3, last: 3,
-      without: 0, difference: 0, indexOf: 3, shuffle: 1, lastIndexOf: 3,
-      isEmpty: 1, chain: 1, sample: 3, partition: 3, groupBy: 3, countBy: 3,
-      sortBy: 3, indexBy: 3, findIndex: 3, findLastIndex: 3};
+    foldl: 0, inject: 0, reduceRight: 0, foldr: 0, find: 3, detect: 3, filter: 3,
+    select: 3, reject: 3, every: 3, all: 3, some: 3, any: 3, include: 3, includes: 3,
+    contains: 3, invoke: 0, max: 3, min: 3, toArray: 1, size: 1, first: 3,
+    head: 3, take: 3, initial: 3, rest: 3, tail: 3, drop: 3, last: 3,
+    without: 0, difference: 0, indexOf: 3, shuffle: 1, lastIndexOf: 3,
+    isEmpty: 1, chain: 1, sample: 3, partition: 3, groupBy: 3, countBy: 3,
+    sortBy: 3, indexBy: 3, findIndex: 3, findLastIndex: 3};
 
 
   // Underscore methods that we want to implement on the Model, mapped to the
   // number of arguments they take.
   var modelMethods = {keys: 1, values: 1, pairs: 1, invert: 1, pick: 0,
-      omit: 0, chain: 1, isEmpty: 1};
+    omit: 0, chain: 1, isEmpty: 1};
 
   // Mix in each Underscore method as a proxy to `Collection#models`.
 
@@ -1615,11 +1615,11 @@
 
   // Map from CRUD to HTTP for our default `Backbone.sync` implementation.
   var methodMap = {
-    'create': 'POST',
-    'update': 'PUT',
-    'patch': 'PATCH',
-    'delete': 'DELETE',
-    'read': 'GET'
+    create: 'POST',
+    update: 'PUT',
+    patch: 'PATCH',
+    delete: 'DELETE',
+    read: 'GET'
   };
 
   // Set the default implementation of `Backbone.ajax` to proxy through to `$`.
@@ -1712,11 +1712,11 @@
     // against the current location hash.
     _routeToRegExp: function(route) {
       route = route.replace(escapeRegExp, '\\$&')
-                   .replace(optionalParam, '(?:$1)?')
-                   .replace(namedParam, function(match, optional) {
-                     return optional ? match : '([^/?]+)';
-                   })
-                   .replace(splatParam, '([^?]*?)');
+        .replace(optionalParam, '(?:$1)?')
+        .replace(namedParam, function(match, optional) {
+          return optional ? match : '([^/?]+)';
+        })
+        .replace(splatParam, '([^?]*?)');
       return new RegExp('^' + route + '(?:\\?([\\s\\S]*))?$');
     },