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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cd pull-first-contribution
 npm install
 ```
 
-There are no runtime dependancies, so `npm install` just sets up dev tooling.
+There are no runtime dependencies, so `npm install` just sets up dev tooling.
 
 ## Running tests