diff --git a/data-tidy.qmd b/data-tidy.qmd
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@@ -279,19 +279,19 @@ df |>
 
 How does the reshaping work?
 It's easier to see if we think about it column by column.
-As shown in @fig-pivot-variables, the values in column that was already a variable in the original dataset (`id`) need to be repeated, once for each column that is pivoted.
+As shown in @fig-pivot-variables, the values in a column that was already a variable in the original dataset (`id`) need to be repeated, once for each column that is pivoted.
 
 ```{r}
 #| label: fig-pivot-variables
 #| echo: false
 #| fig-cap: | 
 #|   Columns that are already variables need to be repeated, once for
-#|   each column that is pivotted.
+#|   each column that is pivoted.
 #| fig-alt: | 
 #|   A diagram showing how `pivot_longer()` transforms a simple
 #|   dataset, using color to highlight how the values in the `id` column
 #|   ("A", "B", "C") are each repeated twice in the output because there are
-#|   two columns being pivotted ("bp1" and "bp2").
+#|   two columns being pivoted ("bp1" and "bp2").
 
 knitr::include_graphics("diagrams/tidy-data/variables.png", dpi = 270)
 ```