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@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ are always a better idea.
 Use `lisp-case` in composite namespace segments (e.g. `bruce.project-euler`).
 
 NOTE: Many non-Lisp programming communities refer to `lisp-case` as
-`kebab-case`, but we all know that Lisp has existed way before kebab
+`kebab-case`, but we all know that Lisp existed way before kebab
 was invented.
 
 === Functions and Variables [[naming-functions-and-variables]]