diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
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@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
       known (subject, of course, to the permissions on the files
       themselves).</para>
 
-    <para>In particular, in order to able to perform a directory listing,
+    <para>In particular, in order to perform a directory listing,
       read permission must be set on the directory, whilst to delete a file
       that one knows the name of, it is necessary to have write
       <emphasis>and</emphasis> execute permissions to the directory