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@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ vim-airline also supplies some supplementary stand-alone extensions.  In additio
 ![image](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/306502/962401/2a75385e-04ef-11e3-935c-e3b9f0e954cc.png)
 
 ### statusline on top
-The statusline can alternatively by drawn on top, making room for other plugins to use the statusline:
+The statusline can alternatively be drawn on top, making room for other plugins to use the statusline:
 The example shows a custom statusline setting, that imitates Vims default statusline, while allowing
 to call custom functions.  Use `:let g:airline_statusline_ontop=1` to enable it.