diff --git a/office-hours/SKILL.md b/office-hours/SKILL.md
index 83161b8ca..02b9e0f38 100644
--- a/office-hours/SKILL.md
+++ b/office-hours/SKILL.md
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ Before calling AskUserQuestion, verify:
 - [ ] Net line closes the decision
 - [ ] You are calling the tool, not writing prose — unless `CONDUCTOR_SESSION: true` (then prose is the DEFAULT, not the tool) OR the documented failure fallback applies (then: prose with the mandatory triad — issue ELI10, per-choice Completeness, Recommendation + `(recommended)` — and a "reply with a letter" instruction, then STOP)
 - [ ] Non-ASCII characters (CJK / accents) written directly, NOT \u-escaped
-- [ ] If you had 5+ options, you split (or batched into ≤4-groups) — did NOT drop any
+- [ ] If you have 5+ options, you split (or batch into ≤4-groups) — do NOT drop any
 - [ ] If you split, you checked dependencies between options before firing the chain
 - [ ] If a per-option Hold fires, you stopped the chain immediately (didn't queue)