diff --git a/text/1211-mir.md b/text/1211-mir.md
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@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ re-encode in the form of repeated logic:
   precise patterns in use. This is all vastly simplified and explicit
   in MIR.
   
-One thing the current MIR does not make explicit as explicit as it
+One thing the current MIR does not make as explicit as it
 could is when something is *moved*. For by-value uses of a value, the
 code must still consult the type of the value to decide if that is a
 move or not. This could be made more explicit in the IR.