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 # 4. Make multiple items uncheckable / re-checkable at the same time
 
-Todoist allows the asterix symbol `* ` to be used to ensure tasks can't be checked by turning them into headers. Now you are able to do this en masse!
+Todoist allows the asterisk symbol `* ` to be used to ensure tasks can't be checked by turning them into headers. Now you are able to do this en masse!
 
 Simply add `** ` or `!* ` in front of a project, section, or top item, to automatically turn all the items that it includes into respectively headers or checkable tasks.