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Will the typo "expectationt" in the Manifold FAQ be corrected to "expectation" by August 1st 6:00 PM UTC?
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The typo is located at https://docs.manifold.markets/faq#what-does-resolving-to-na-do

Resolved as 'yes' if, after the given time, after going to the Manifold About page, clicking on "FAQ", and searching for 'expectationt', there are 0 results.

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Typo was fixed. I'm gonna make an executive decision and resolve this as yes exactly 1 hour from now, instead of waiting 2 months because it technically says 'after the given time' and not 'before the given time'.

If I had known Manifold was open source when I made this poll (which is obvious to anyone who thinks about it for more than a moment, but, alas, I did not) I would have made the deadline a day/week from now instead of 2 months, since that would be more interesting.

The above mistake, my curiosity, and the fact that I have 1 datapoint supporting the belief that the FAQ has more than 1 typo all motivated me to run it through a spellchecker. That belief was right:

overshooting -> overshoot
come -> comes (the first usage of the word 'come' in the document)
recieve -> receive
compy -> comply
Markets -> market (second bullet point under How does resolving markets work?)
and of course,
expectationt -> expectation

I'll try to PR a fix to these typos after resolution. I won't make another typo market because I already did that.

@Interrobang https://github.com/manifoldmarkets/manifold/pull/2649

I believe I fixed most/all of the ones you listed. I might have left 1 or 2 if they looked ok and read well.