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@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ documentation pages. Currently, there are three good places to start:
     communication](http://r4ds.had.co.nz/graphics-for-communication.html)
     chapters in [R for data science](http://r4ds.had.co.nz). R for data
     science is designed to give you a comprehensive introduction to the
-    [tidyverse](http://tidyverse.org), and these two chapters will you
-    get up to speed with the essentials of ggplot2 as quickly as
+    [tidyverse](http://tidyverse.org), and these two chapters will get
+    you up to speed with the essentials of ggplot2 as quickly as
     possible.
 
 2.  If you’d like to take an interactive online course, try [Data