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@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ In other words, capital-named constants are only used as aliases for "hard-coded
 
 Talking about variables, there's one more extremely important thing.
 
-A variable name should have a clean, obvious meaning, describe the data that it stores.
+A variable name should have a clean, obvious meaning, describing the data that it stores.
 
 Variable naming is one of the most important and complex skills in programming. A quick glance at variable names can reveal which code was written by a beginner versus an experienced developer.