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@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ The position scales (*x*, *y*, *fx*, and *fy*) support additional options:
 
 The *scale*.inset option can provide “breathing room” to separate marks from axes or the plot’s edge. For example, in a scatterplot with a Plot.dot with the default 3-pixel radius and 1.5-pixel stroke width, an inset of 5 pixels prevents dots from overlapping with the axes. The *scale*.round option is useful for crisp edges by rounding to the nearest pixel boundary.
 
-In addition to the generic *ordinal* scale type, which requires an explicit output range value for each input domain value, Plot supports special *point* and *band* scale types for encoding ordinal data as position. These scale types accept a [*min*, *max*] range similar to quantitiatve scales, and divide this continuous interval into discrete points or bands based on the number of distinct values in the domain (*i.e.*, the domain’s cardinality). If the associated marks have no effective width along the ordinal dimension — such as a dot, rule, or tick — then use a *point* scale; otherwise, say for a bar, use a *band* scale. In the image below, the top *x*-scale is a *point* scale while the bottom *x*-scale is a *band* scale; see [Plot: Scales](https://observablehq.com/@data-workflows/plot-scales) for an interactive version.
+In addition to the generic *ordinal* scale type, which requires an explicit output range value for each input domain value, Plot supports special *point* and *band* scale types for encoding ordinal data as position. These scale types accept a [*min*, *max*] range similar to quantitative scales, and divide this continuous interval into discrete points or bands based on the number of distinct values in the domain (*i.e.*, the domain’s cardinality). If the associated marks have no effective width along the ordinal dimension — such as a dot, rule, or tick — then use a *point* scale; otherwise, say for a bar, use a *band* scale. In the image below, the top *x*-scale is a *point* scale while the bottom *x*-scale is a *band* scale; see [Plot: Scales](https://observablehq.com/@data-workflows/plot-scales) for an interactive version.
 
 <img src="./img/point-band.png" width="640" height="144" alt="point and band scales">