diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
     }
     ```
 
-  - Use `//` for single line comments. Place single line comments on a newline above the subject of the comment. Put an emptyline before the comment.
+  - Use `//` for single line comments. Place single line comments on a newline above the subject of the comment. Put an empty line before the comment.
 
     ```javascript
     // bad