diff --git a/regexps.qmd b/regexps.qmd
index 912a296..77dfef1 100644
--- a/regexps.qmd
+++ b/regexps.qmd
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ sentences |>
   str_view()
 ```
 
-If you want extract the matches for each group you can use `str_match()`.
+If you want to extract the matches for each group you can use `str_match()`.
 But `str_match()` returns a matrix, so it's not particularly easy to work with[^regexps-8]:
 
 [^regexps-8]: Mostly because we never discuss matrices in this book!
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ str_match(x, "gr(?:e|a)y")
 ## Pattern control
 
 It's possible to exercise extra control over the details of the match by using a pattern object instead of just a string.
-This allows you control the so called regex flags and match various types of fixed strings, as described below.
+This allows you to control the so called regex flags and match various types of fixed strings, as described below.
 
 ### Regex flags {#sec-flags}