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     What's the key difference?
 
 2.  Use faceting to explore the 3-way relationship between fuel economy, engine size, and number of cylinders.
-    How does faceting by number of cylinders change your assessement of the relationship between engine size and fuel economy?
+    How does faceting by number of cylinders change your assessment of the relationship between engine size and fuel economy?
 
 3.  Read the documentation for `facet_wrap()`.
     What arguments can you use to control how many rows and columns appear in the output?