diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2 b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2
index f6355e4b2cf7..4a5652116ff4 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2
@@ -30593,7 +30593,7 @@ get a respectful hearing when age has further impaired his mind.
 Many a town that didn't have enough work to support a single lawyer
 can easily support two or more.
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-Many a writer seems to thing he is never profound
+Many a writer seems to think he is never profound
 except when he can't understand his own meaning.
 		-- George D. Prentice
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