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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Bubble Tea Basics
 =================
 
 Bubble Tea is based on the functional design paradigms of [The Elm
-Architecture][elm] which happens work nicely with Go. It's a delightful way to
+Architecture][elm], which happen to work nicely with Go. It's a delightful way to
 build applications.
 
 By the way, the non-annotated source code for this program is available