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@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ This repository is discontinued!
 
 Dear user, we have move PharoVM development to [OpenSmalltalk-VM](http://github.com/opensmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm), please go there if you are looking for building a VM.
 
-We have kept thos repository because of historical reasons and to keep compatibility with older versions. If you want to look at how this repository works, you can go [here](README.old.md).
+We have kept this repository because of historical reasons and to keep compatibility with older versions. If you want to look at how this repository works, you can go [here](README.old.md).