diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ When posting an issue:<br>
 Please make sure you<br>
 1) Post a stack trace error, if no stack trace, then post the odd behavior<br>
 2) Post the exact steps you used in order to reproduce the issue.<br>
-3) Give as much information as possible as to what the issue is and why it occured so that we can fix it.<br>
+3) Give as much information as possible as to what the issue is and why it occurred so that we can fix it.<br>
 
 This branch is relatively unmaintained and will only support versions below 1.9.