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@@ -610,9 +610,9 @@ Library
 - Issue #28227: gzip now supports pathlib.  Patch by Ethan Furman.
 
 - Issue #27358: Optimized merging var-keyword arguments and improved error
-  message when pass a non-mapping as a var-keyword argument.
+  message when passing a non-mapping as a var-keyword argument.
 
-- Issue #28257: Improved error message when pass a non-iterable as
+- Issue #28257: Improved error message when passing a non-iterable as
   a var-positional argument.  Added opcode BUILD_TUPLE_UNPACK_WITH_CALL.
 
 - Issue #28322: Fixed possible crashes when unpickle itertools objects from