grammar changes
diff --git a/user_guide/general/routing.html b/user_guide/general/routing.html
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--- a/user_guide/general/routing.html
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@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
<p>If you prefer you can use regular expressions to define your routing rules. Any valid regular expression is allowed, as are back-references.</p>
-<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> If you use back-references you must use the dollar syntax rather then the double backslash syntax.</p>
+<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> If you use back-references you must use the dollar syntax rather than the double backslash syntax.</p>
<p>A typical RegEx route might look something like this:</p>