diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ chr	start	end	width	percentCG	ObsExp
 1	25568	25861	293	65.99	0.74
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-(notice some 'off-by-one' differences due to the `.bed` format starting to count at 0 while R start to count at 1 like a normal person)
+(notice some 'off-by-one' differences due to the `.bed` format starting to count at 0 while R starts to count at 1 like a normal person)