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@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ will identify the things you see on the screen.
 To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's high
 scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere below
 the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out.
-Few people achieve this; most never do.  Those who have go down
+Few people achieve this; most never do.  Those who have done so go down
 in history as heroes among heroes - and then they find ways of making the
 game even harder.  See the
 .I Guidebook