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@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ something that the user needs to explicitly be aware of.) The data is
written to the store later -- when the buffer fills up due to another
write, or when @code{force-output} is called, or when @code{close-port}
is called, or when the program exits, or even when the garbage collector
-runs. The salient point is, @emph{the errors are signalled then too}.
+runs. The salient point is, @emph{the errors are signaled then too}.
Buffered writes defer error detection (and defer the side effects to the
mutable store), perhaps indefinitely if the port type does not need to
be closed at GC.