diff --git a/content/individual/performance-assessment.md b/content/individual/performance-assessment.md
index f205a44..47cf03e 100644
--- a/content/individual/performance-assessment.md
+++ b/content/individual/performance-assessment.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The learning goals of I3 are:
 
 - Deciding which performance concerns are important for a system    
 - Deciding between different approaches to performance assessment and understanding their limitations
-- Learn how to use JMeter for load testing and performance assessment
+- Learning how to use JMeter for load testing and performance assessment
 
 # Performance analysis of book website
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ precise as possible (e.g., "about 1200 requests").
 Submit the report as a [Zipped PDF Report]({filename}/general/report.md) (max 4 pages including any screenshots, plots,
 etc.) with clear subsections to Canvas. Keep all sections under half a page if
 possible, except for the process description, which might be longer and might
-include additionally screenshots or scripts if that simplifies your
+include additional screenshots or scripts if that simplifies your
 description.
 
 The following criteria must be satisfied for I3 to be accepted as complete.
diff --git a/content/individual/testing-mocks.md b/content/individual/testing-mocks.md
index 9afbb67..3d6d4a6 100644
--- a/content/individual/testing-mocks.md
+++ b/content/individual/testing-mocks.md
@@ -112,6 +112,6 @@ Usually you should avoid modifying the production code to add wrappers that are
 
 Keep in mind that there are many different ways to solve everything in this assignment. For example, mockito has `@` decorators that can make your code a lot cleaner than the provided sample code.
 
-You can use the `try (MockedConstruction` pattern to intercept any constructor. This is using a Java feature called [try-with-resources](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/tryResourceClose.html). But its not necessary to do unless the "new" you're trying to intercept is in the production code (or somewhere inside of github-api). For any constructors called in the testing code, you can just `mock(Whatever.class)`.
+You can use the `try (MockedConstruction` pattern to intercept any constructor. This is using a Java feature called [try-with-resources](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/tryResourceClose.html). But it's not necessary to do unless the "new" you're trying to intercept is in the production code (or somewhere inside of github-api). For any constructors called in the testing code, you can just `mock(Whatever.class)`.
 
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