diff --git a/source/classes.tex b/source/classes.tex
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--- a/source/classes.tex
+++ b/source/classes.tex
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@
 \end{itemize}
 
 \pnum
-For a class, its non-static data members, its non-virtual direct base classes,
+For a class, its direct non-static data members, its non-virtual direct base classes,
 and, if the class is not abstract\iref{class.abstract}, its virtual base
 classes are called its \term{potentially constructed subobjects}.