diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ course, editing text. Most of the configuration is in `init.el`. I use
 configuration start.
 
 The `elisp` directory holds some extra configuration for specific things that I
-thought was too big to fit into `init.el`.
+thought were too big to fit into `init.el`.