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@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
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     </blockquote>
     <p>
-      The following uses a prior defined attribut for setting the
+      The following uses a prior defined attribute for setting the
       default value of another. The output would be
       <tt>one=test two=test</tt>. If you change the order of lines
       *1 and *2 the output would be <tt>one=test two=@{one}</tt>,