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 ### Picking data source
 
-We provide multiple data-sources you can pick from, simply add the query paramater ``?source=your_source_of_choice`` to your requests. JHU will be used as a default if you don't provide one.
+We provide multiple data-sources you can pick from, simply add the query parameter ``?source=your_source_of_choice`` to your requests. JHU will be used as a default if you don't provide one.
 
 #### Available sources: