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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A Popover is a dialog that appears on top of the current page. It can be used fo
 
 ## Presenting
 
-To present a popover, call the `present` method on a popover instance. In order to position the popover relative to the element clicked, a click event needs to be passed into the options of the the `present` method. If the event is not passed, the popover will be positioned in the center of the viewport.
+To present a popover, call the `present` method on a popover instance. In order to position the popover relative to the element clicked, a click event needs to be passed into the options of the `present` method. If the event is not passed, the popover will be positioned in the center of the viewport.
 
 ## Customization