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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Contributing
 
-Your pull requests will be welcome; however, they may not be accepted for various reasons.
+Your pull requests are welcome; however, they may not be accepted for various reasons.
 
 ##Guidelines for pull requests:
 
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ Your pull requests will be welcome; however, they may not be accepted for variou
 2. Make a single change per commit.
 3. Make your modification compact - don't reformat source code in your request. It makes code review more difficult.
 
-In short: The easier the code review is, the better the chance your pull request has to get accepted.
+In short: The easier the code review is, the better the chance your pull request will get accepted.