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 ## Contributing
 
-We are encourage community contributions whether it be a bug fix or an improvement to the documentation.
+We encourage community contributions whether it be a bug fix or an improvement to the documentation.
 Please have a look at the [contribution guidelines](./CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## Rust Version Support