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@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ Using [YAML Front Matter](../frontmatter/) is one way that you can specify confi
 
 Often times, you will find that you are repeating a lot of configuration options. Setting the same layout in each file, adding the same category - or categories - to a post, etc. You can even add custom variables like author names, which might be the same for the majority of posts on your blog.
 
-Instead of repeating this configuration each time you create a new post or page, Jekyll provides a way to set these defaults in the site configuration. To do this, you can specify  site-wide defaults using the `defaults` key in the `_config.yml` file in your projects root directory.
+Instead of repeating this configuration each time you create a new post or page, Jekyll provides a way to set these defaults in the site configuration. To do this, you can specify  site-wide defaults using the `defaults` key in the `_config.yml` file in your project's root directory.
 
 The `defaults` key holds an array of scope/values pairs that define what defaults should be set for a particular file path, and optionally, a file type in that path.