diff --git a/_chapters/08-ex5.md b/_chapters/08-ex5.md
index e1df162..308e757 100644
--- a/_chapters/08-ex5.md
+++ b/_chapters/08-ex5.md
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ Case transformations are functions that act on `String`s and transform character
 | `uppercase()` | Converts the entire string to upper-case characters | `WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT` |
 | `lowercase()` | Converts the entire string to lower-case characters | `we hold these truths to be self-evident` |
 | `uppercasefirst()` | Converts the first character of the string to upper-case | `We hold these truths to be self-evident` |
-| `lowercasefirst()` | Converts the first character of the string ot lower-case | `we hold these truths to be self-evident` |
+| `lowercasefirst()` | Converts the first character of the string to lower-case | `we hold these truths to be self-evident` |
 
 ### Testing and attributes
 
diff --git a/_chapters/11-ex8.md b/_chapters/11-ex8.md
index 4286563..1e05e70 100644
--- a/_chapters/11-ex8.md
+++ b/_chapters/11-ex8.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ This structure is demonstrated by the following function, creating a resilient,
 	end
 ```
 
-There is no need to specify a variable to hold the error instance. Similarly to not testing for the identity of the error, such a clause would result in a catch-all sequence. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but good code is responsive to the nature of errors, rather than their mere existence, and good programmers would always be interested in _why_ their code doesn't work, not merely in the fact that it failed to execute. Therefore, good code would check for the types of exceptions and only use catch-alls sparingly.
+There is no need to specify a variable to hold the error instance. Similarly to not testing for the identity of the error, such a clause would result in a catch-all sequence. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but good code is responsive to the nature of errors, rather than their mere existence, and good programmers would always be interested in _why_ their code doesn't work, not merely in the fact that it failed to execute. Therefore, good code would check for the types of exceptions and only use catch-all sparingly.
 
 #### One-line `try`/`catch`