diff --git a/files/en-us/web/api/htmltablecolelement/choff/index.md b/files/en-us/web/api/htmltablecolelement/choff/index.md
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+++ b/files/en-us/web/api/htmltablecolelement/choff/index.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ browser-compat: api.HTMLTableColElement.chOff
 
 The **`chOff`** property of the {{domxref("HTMLTableColElement")}} interface does nothing. It reflects the `charoff` attribute of the {{HTMLElement("col")}} element.
 
-> **Note:** This property was designed to participate to the ability to align table cell content on a specific character (typically the decimal point), but was never implemented by browsers.
+> **Note:** This property was designed to participate in an ability to align table cell content on a specific character (typically the decimal point), but was never implemented by browsers.
 >
 > To achieve such alignment, watch for the support of a string value with the {{cssxref("text-align")}} CSS property.