diff --git a/dat/tribute b/dat/tribute
index ec0e79196..c630eeb15 100644
--- a/dat/tribute
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@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ their food.
 # p. 28
 %passage 6
 Music and magic had a lot in common.  They were only two letters apart,
-for one thing.  And you couldn't to both.
+for one thing.  And you couldn't do both.
 
   [Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett]
 %e passage
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ Detritus reached down and picked up an eye patch.
 "What d'you think, then?" said Nobby scornfully.  "You think he turned into
 a bat and flew away?"
 
-"Ha!  I do not t'ink that 'cos it is in ... consist .. ent with modern
+"Ha!  I do not t'ink that 'cos it is in ... consist ... ent with modern
 policing," said Detritus.
 
 "Well, /I/ think," said Nobby, "that when you have ruled out the impossible,