--- a/spec/latest/json-ld-syntax/index.html	Thu May 24 20:36:53 2012 +0800
+++ b/spec/latest/json-ld-syntax/index.html	Sun May 27 14:07:07 2012 +0800
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@
 </pre>
 
 <p>Terms may also be defined using <tref title="absolute iri">absolute IRIs</tref> or <tref title="compact_iri">compact IRIs</tref>.
-  This allows coercion rules to by applied to keys which are not represented as a simple <tref>term</tref>.
+  This allows coercion rules to be applied to keys which are not represented as a simple <tref>term</tref>.
   For example:</p>
 
 <pre class="example" data-transform="updateExample">