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 ## Demo: Wrapping Expressions
 
 Difftastic understands expression nesting. If you wrap an expression
-in an if statement, difftastic understand that the inner values are
+in an if statement, difftastic understands that the inner values are
 unchanged.
 
 ![Elisp screenshot](img/elisp.png)