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 - **Writing swirl Courses**: An interactive guides and example 
   for swirl course authors. The first group of lessons cover basics. The rest cover 
   special topics useful primarily as samples--points of departure for one's own material.
-  For more comprehensive documentation about writing your won swirl courses see http://swirlstats.com/swirlify/.
+  For more comprehensive documentation about writing your own swirl courses see http://swirlstats.com/swirlify/.
 
 ## Install and run a course automatically from swirl