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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Any other properties supplied will be spread to the root element.
 
 ## CSS API
 
-You can overrides all the class names injected by Material-UI thanks to the `classes` property.
+You can override all the class names injected by Material-UI thanks to the `classes` property.
 This property accepts the following keys:
 - `root`
 - `rounded`