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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ of the design has been changed by Tommy Persson relative to what is
 described in the paper referenced above.
 
 The first version of the ESM interpreter was implemented by Torsten Merz. Since 
-the publication of the original paper, the language has been slighty modified. 
+the publication of the original paper, the language has been slightly modified. 
 Please refer to the updated figures 2 and 4 of the paper included in the 
 documentation provided here.