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 # Usage
 This library parses the s-expression of a contract. There are two options:
-1. Use `Contract::from_path` and pass a contract path. This function will automatically call `scilla-fmt` through docker to generate the s-expression needed to parsed the contract.
+1. Use `Contract::from_path` and pass a contract path. This function will automatically call `scilla-fmt` through docker to generate the s-expression needed to parse the contract.
 2. Parse a string (slice) to a contract. The string is supposed to have the s-expression of a contract.
 
 ## To parse a Scilla file: