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 In the case of HTTP, there are two extra things that Request objects allow you
 to do: First, you can pass data to be sent to the server.  Second, you can pass
-extra information ("metadata") *about* the data or the about request itself, to
+extra information ("metadata") *about* the data or about the request itself, to
 the server - this information is sent as HTTP "headers".  Let's look at each of
 these in turn.