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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ reported the issue. Please try to include as much information as you can. Detail
 Contributions via pull requests are much appreciated. Before sending us a pull request, please ensure that:
 
 1. You are working against the latest source on the *main* branch.
-2. You check existing open, and recently merged, pull requests to make sure someone else hasn't addressed the problem already.
+2. You check existing open, and recently merge, pull requests to make sure someone else hasn't addressed the problem already.
 3. You open an issue to discuss any significant work—we would hate for your time to be wasted.
 
 To send us a pull request, please:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ GitHub provides an additional document on [forking a repository](https://help.gi
 
 
 ## Finding contributions to work on
-Looking at the existing issues is a great way to find something to contribute on. As our projects, by default, use the default GitHub issue labels (enhancement/bug/duplicate/help wanted/invalid/question/wontfix), looking at any 'help wanted' issues is a great place to start.
+Looking at the existing issues is a great way to find something to contribute to. As our projects, by default, use the default GitHub issue labels (enhancement/bug/duplicate/help wanted/invalid/question/wontfix), looking at any 'help wanted' issues is a great place to start.
 
 
 ## Code of Conduct