diff --git a/docs/design-level.md b/docs/design-level.md
index bbf804d..4884675 100644
--- a/docs/design-level.md
+++ b/docs/design-level.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ that describes conditions that needs to be fulfilled for the **Book hold failed*
 
 Fair enough, let's go further.
 
-When a **patron** tires to place on hold a book that is currently not available it should not be possible, thus resulting
+When a **patron** tries to place on hold a book that is currently not available it should not be possible, thus resulting
 in **book hold failed** event, as it is depicted below:
 
 ![Holding example 2](images/dl/holding/example-2.png)  
@@ -236,4 +236,4 @@ likely to be relevant. It is also probably less harmful, then, to place on hold
 
 Now the final model is following:
 
-![Aggregate 3](images/aggregates/agg-3.png)  
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+![Aggregate 3](images/aggregates/agg-3.png)