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     ```
 
     When you create a new document with the automatically added
-    `_id` property, Mongoose createsa a new [`_id` of type ObjectId](https://masteringjs.io/tutorials/mongoose/objectid)
+    `_id` property, Mongoose creates a new [`_id` of type ObjectId](https://masteringjs.io/tutorials/mongoose/objectid)
     to your document.
 
     ```javascript