it's _a_ fit

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@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ This is illustrated in Fig.~\ref{img:tersoff_angle}.
 The angular dependence does not give a fixed minimum angle between bonds since the expression is embedded inside the bond order term.
 The relation to the above discussed bond order potential becomes obvious if $\chi=1, \beta=1, n=1, \omega=1$ and $c=0$.
 Parameters with a single subscript correspond to the parameters of the elemental system~\cite{tersoff_si3,tersoff_c} while the mixed parameters are obtained by interpolation from the elemental parameters by the arithmetic or geometric mean.
-The elemental parameters were obtained by fit with respect to the cohesive energies of real and hypothetical bulk structures and the bulk modulus and bond length of the diamond structure.
+The elemental parameters were obtained by a fit with respect to the cohesive energies of real and hypothetical bulk structures and the bulk modulus and bond length of the diamond structure.
 New parameters for the mixed system are $\chi$, which is used to finetune the strength of heteropolar bonds, and $\omega$, which is set to one for the C-Si interaction but is available as a feature to permit the application of the potential to more drastically different types of atoms in the future.
 
 The force acting on atom $i$ is given by the derivative of the potential energy.