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@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ prevent you from doing unnecessary work.
 2.  `yarn test`
 
 Tests for an individual package can be run as a yarn workspace:
-`yarn workspace remark-mdx test`. To see what packages ar available to test
+`yarn workspace remark-mdx test`. To see what packages are available to test
 you can list out all workspaces with `yarn workspaces info`.
 
 ## Running the docs site