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 **Marshalled code objects**:
 Both tools support Python marshalled code objects, as output from `marshal.dumps(compile(...))`.
 
-To use this feature, specify `-c -v <version>` on the command line - the version must be specified as the objects themelves do not contain version metadata.
+To use this feature, specify `-c -v <version>` on the command line - the version must be specified as the objects themselves do not contain version metadata.
 
 ## Authors, Licence, Credits
 Decompyle++ is the work of Michael Hansen and Darryl Pogue.