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 #### AP - availability and partition tolerance
 
-Responses return the most recent version of the data available on the a node, which might not be the latest.  Writes might take some time to propagate when the partition is resolved.
+Responses return the most recent version of the data available on a node, which might not be the latest.  Writes might take some time to propagate when the partition is resolved.
 
 AP is a good choice if the business needs allow for [eventual consistency](#eventual-consistency) or when the system needs to continue working despite external errors.