diff --git a/book/types/pattern_matching.md b/book/types/pattern_matching.md
index 510dcf85..86faa15b 100644
--- a/book/types/pattern_matching.md
+++ b/book/types/pattern_matching.md
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ toName user =
       name
 ```
 
-The `_` acknowledges the data there, but also saying explicitly that nobody is using it.
+The `_` acknowledges the data there, but also says explicitly that nobody is using it.