diff --git a/docs/windows/symbols-resource-identifiers.md b/docs/windows/symbols-resource-identifiers.md
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 # Resource Identifiers (Symbols) (C++)
 
-A symbol is a resource identifier (ID) that consists of two parts, a symbol name (text string) mapped to an symbol value (integer), for example:
+A symbol is a resource identifier (ID) that consists of two parts, a symbol name (text string) mapped to a symbol value (integer), for example:
 
 ```cpp
 IDC_EDITNAME = 5100