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@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ This example shows the shell performing ``>>xyzzy'' output redirection:
.CW
open("xyzzy", O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT, 0666) = 3
.CE
-Here the three argument form of open is decoded by breaking down the
+Here the third argument of open is decoded by breaking down the
flag argument into its three bitwise-OR constituents and printing the
mode value in octal by tradition. Where traditional or native
usage differs from ANSI or POSIX, the latter forms are preferred.