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 ### Using Fields
 
-Often, it's easier to analyze a syntax nodes if you can refer to its children by *name* instead of by their position in an ordered list. Tree-sitter grammars support this using the `field` function. This function allows you to assign unique names to some or all of a node's children:
+Often, it's easier to analyze a syntax node if you can refer to its children by *name* instead of by their position in an ordered list. Tree-sitter grammars support this using the `field` function. This function allows you to assign unique names to some or all of a node's children:
 
 ```js
 function_definition: $ => seq(