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@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function defineDecoratedProperty(target, { initializer, enumerable, configurable
 }
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-The has an opportunity to intercede before the relevant `defineProperty` actually occurs.
+The decorator has an opportunity to intercede before the relevant `defineProperty` actually occurs.
 
 A decorator that precedes syntactic getters and/or setters operates on an accessor description: