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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ following/blocking. `add-group-key.js` and `chat.js` are the only
 application specific components and can be easily replaced with any
 other application you can think of. The application makes use of
 [ssb-crut] to make it really easy to work with multiple writers to a
-shared datastructure such as the group configuration. Lastly there is
+shared data structure such as the group configuration. Lastly there is
 the html and css that can be found in dist/.
 
 [private groups]: https://github.com/ssbc/private-group-spec