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 Installing QuickTree
 ====================
 
-QuickTree is written in ANSI C and should complile and run on a number
+QuickTree is written in ANSI C and should compile and run on a number
 of different platforms. "make quicktree" from this directory should
 compile the program and place the executable in the current directory.