diff --git a/1-js/08-error-handling/1-try-catch/article.md b/1-js/08-error-handling/1-try-catch/article.md
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--- a/1-js/08-error-handling/1-try-catch/article.md
+++ b/1-js/08-error-handling/1-try-catch/article.md
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ try {
 }
 ```
 
-Here `JSON.parse` runs normally, but the absense of `"name"` is actually an error for us.
+Here `JSON.parse` runs normally, but the absence of `"name"` is actually an error for us.
 
 To unify error handling, we'll use `throw` operator.