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 ## Introduction
 
-This packages provides a simple Mandelbrot set widget that can be used in
+This package provides a simple Mandelbrot set widget that can be used in
 [Textual](https://textual.textualize.io/) applications, and also provides an
 application that can be used to explore the classic Mandelbrot set in the
 terminal.