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 Contributing
 ============
 
-While ComputerCraft will no longer be actively developed by Daniel Ratcliffe, you may still contribute pull requests which will be reviewed and incorporated into releases periodically. A pull requests is more likely to be accepted if it meets the following criteria:
+While ComputerCraft will no longer be actively developed by Daniel Ratcliffe, you may still contribute pull requests which will be reviewed and incorporated into releases periodically. A pull request is more likely to be accepted if it meets the following criteria:
 
 * It does not add any new dependencies for compiling, running or using the mod.
 * It does not break compatibility with world saves or programs created with previous versions of the mod.