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 There are also many useful builtin functions people seem not to be
 aware of for some reason: \function{min()} and \function{max()} can
 find the minimum/maximum of any sequence with comparable semantics,
-for example, yet many people write they own
+for example, yet many people write their own
 \function{max()}/\function{min()}. Another highly useful function is
 \function{reduce()}. A classical use of \function{reduce()}
 is something like