Index: /issm/trunk/src/c/toolkits/petsc/patches/NewMat.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk/src/c/toolkits/petsc/patches/NewMat.cpp	(revision 2272)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/c/toolkits/petsc/patches/NewMat.cpp	(revision 2273)
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@
 		/*Same as above, except we bypass the default sparsity: */
 		if(pconnectivity || pnumberofdofspernode)
-			throw ErrorException(__FUNCT__,exprintf("%s%p%s%p%s%p","cannot determine logic with following set of poniters-> sparsity: ",
+			throw ErrorException(__FUNCT__,exprintf("%s%p%s%p%s%p","cannot determine logic with following set of pointers-> sparsity: ",
 						psparsity," connectivity: ",pconnectivity," numberofdofspernode: ",pnumberofdofspernode));
 
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@
 		 *present per row: */
 
-		if(psparsity)throw ErrorException(__FUNCT__,exprintf("%s%p%s%p%s%p","cannot determine logic with following set of poniters-> sparsity: ",
+		if(psparsity)throw ErrorException(__FUNCT__,exprintf("%s%p%s%p%s%p","cannot determine logic with following set of pointers-> sparsity: ",
 						psparsity," connectivity: ",pconnectivity," numberofdofspernode: ",pnumberofdofspernode));
 
@@ -89,5 +89,5 @@
 	}
 	else{
-		throw ErrorException(__FUNCT__,exprintf("%s%p%s%p%s%p","cannot determine logic with following set of poniters-> sparsity: ",
+		throw ErrorException(__FUNCT__,exprintf("%s%p%s%p%s%p","cannot determine logic with following set of pointers-> sparsity: ",
 						psparsity," connectivity: ",pconnectivity," numberofdofspernode: ",pnumberofdofspernode));
 	}
