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 # cattonum 0.0.5
 
 * This release has no changes to functionality.  Minimum versions for R and some dependencies have been increased, a `packageStartupMessage` has been added, and some tests have been updated.
-* The following peple have contributed to this release:
+* The following people have contributed to this release:
     * [romainfrancois](https://github.com/romainfrancois)
 
 # cattonum 0.0.4