diff --git a/source/basic.tex b/source/basic.tex
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@@ -5159,7 +5159,7 @@
 in the object representation of \tcode{T}
 that participate in representing a value of type \tcode{T}.
 The object and value representation of
-a non-bit-field complete object of type \tcode{T} are
+a non-bit-field complete object are
 the bytes and bits, respectively, of
 the object corresponding to the object and value representation of its type.
 The object representation of a bit-field object is