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 ### Option Specifications
 
-Petal has a number of options that you can apply to sounds. Here is a quick list of the options you can use in Petal:
+Petal has several options that you can apply to sounds. Here is a quick list of the options you can use in Petal:
 
 * `gain`/`amp` (changes volume, values from 0 to 1)
 * `pan` (pans sound left and right, values from -1 to 1)