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 ### Instructions
 
-Create two functions which taken an object and a string or array of strings. They should return a new object which:
+Create two functions which takes an object and a string or array of strings. They should return a new object which:
 - `pick`: contains only those keys which appear in the string or array of strings.
 - `omit`: contains only those keys which do not match the string, or do not appear in the array of strings.