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@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ already implemented as the outer level. **Five kinds, not four** — the counts
 
 **DECIDED.**
 
-### 17.1 Four patrons die four different ways — and that is not a type field
+### 17.1 Patrons die several different ways — and that is not a type field
 
 The observation that prompted this section is correct: these things do not all end the
 same way. A message is consumed. An ACL lapses. A block should never be destroyed. A word