diff --git a/seed/challenges/bootstrap.json b/seed/challenges/bootstrap.json
index ac60120ba5..4211392b8a 100644
--- a/seed/challenges/bootstrap.json
+++ b/seed/challenges/bootstrap.json
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@
       "title": "Use Spans for Inline Elements",
       "difficulty": 2.105,
       "description": [
-        "You can use use spans to create inline elements. Remember when we used the <code>btn-block</code> class to make the button grow fill the entire row?",
+        "You can use use spans to create inline elements. Remember when we used the <code>btn-block</code> class to make the button fill the entire row?",
         "This image illustrates the difference between <code>inline</code> elements and <code>block-level</code> elements:",
         "<img class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https://www.evernote.com/l/AHTFU358y71AV6mokPeuTEgrZVdUJ4A8v3AB/image.png\" alt=\"An \"inline\" button is as small as the text it contains. In this image, it's centered. Below it is a \"block-level\" button, which stretches to fill the entire horizontal space.'>",
         "By using the <code>span</code> element, you can put several elements together, and even style different parts of the same element differently.",
diff --git a/seed/challenges/jquery.json b/seed/challenges/jquery.json
index aecaf645a6..e3ed5de816 100644
--- a/seed/challenges/jquery.json
+++ b/seed/challenges/jquery.json
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
       "title": "Target the Parent of an Element Using jQuery",
       "difficulty": 3.13,
       "description": [
-        "Every HTML elements has a <code>parent</code> element from which it <code>inherits</code> properties.",
+        "Every HTML element has a <code>parent</code> element from which it <code>inherits</code> properties.",
         "For example, your <code>jQuery Playground</code> <code>h3</code> element has the parent element of <code>&#60;div class=\"container-fluid\"&#62</code>, which itself has the parent <code>body</code>.",
         "jQuery has a function called <code>parent()</code> that allows you to access the parent of whichever element you've selected.",
         "Give the parent of the <code>#target1</code> element background-color of red.",