diff --git a/dottes.tex b/dottes.tex
index 1901a60..9cbd2af 100644
--- a/dottes.tex
+++ b/dottes.tex
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ in any way \emph{correct}. This is just how we go about them.
 The majority of tunes in this book have no identifiable author, and
 are unquestionably in the public domain. Rather than litter the
 pages with \emph{Trad.} or \emph{Anon.}, I have left them unattributed.
-Some, however, have an identifiable author or arranger and copyright
+Some, however, may have an identifiable author or arranger and copyright
 unquestionably remains with that person. I believe these tunes to
 enjoy widespread currency on the folk music scene, and therefore there
 is at least tacit approval by the authors for their dissemination.