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 **Athena-Query** provide simple interface to get athena query results.
 
-Athena-Query wad inspired and forked from [athena-express](https://github.com/ghdna/athena-express#readme).
+Athena-Query was inspired and forked from [athena-express](https://github.com/ghdna/athena-express#readme).
 
 > **Warning**
 > Athena-Query support aws-sdk v3 only. So if you use aws-sdk v2, we recommend to use [athena-express](https://github.com/ghdna/athena-express#readme).