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@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ What if a single merchant wishes to block a hard-fork?
 
 How about a small number of merchants (maybe only two) who sell products to each other?
 
-* In this scenario, it would seem the previous Bitcoin is alive any working, and that the hard-fork has failed. How to resolve such a split is outside the scope of this BIP.
+* In this scenario, it would seem the previous Bitcoin is alive and working, and that the hard-fork has failed. How to resolve such a split is outside the scope of this BIP.
 
 How can economic agreement veto a soft-fork?