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 ### Code linting
 
-During development swiftlint is run on non-strict mode so it's easier to develop without worrying about code formatting. On CI, linting is strict and will fail on any warning. Before commiting code to this repository run the following script to add a pre-commit hook that will check all new/modified files in strict mode and stop you from committing code that won't make it through CI.
+During development swiftlint is run on non-strict mode so it's easier to develop without worrying about code formatting. On CI, linting is strict and will fail on any warning. Before committing code to this repository run the following script to add a pre-commit hook that will check all new/modified files in strict mode and stop you from committing code that won't make it through CI.
 
 `./scripts/pre_commit_lint.sh setup`