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 This is a demo repository to practice using GitHub.
 
 It has two files in the **Code** tab:
-- **README.md** is a file that describes this repo (you are currently reading it)
+- **README.md** is a file that describes this repo (you are currently reading it
 - **.gitignore** is a file that specifies which files and directories must be ignored by Git
 
 You cannot directly modify files in this repo because you are not a *collaborator*.