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@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Hyde's page orientation can be reversed with a single class.
 
 Hyde has two branches, but only one is used for active development.
 
-- `master` for development.  **All pull requests should be to submitted against `master`.**
+- `master` for development.  **All pull requests should be submitted against `master`.**
 - `gh-pages` for our hosted site, which includes our analytics tracking code. **Please avoid using this branch.**