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@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ Time (milliseconds) required for allocations with pool: 3
 Time (milliseconds) required for real allocations when constructing pool: 9
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-This trivial example show some performance improvements that would be much more
-important should the allocation and construction of objects be more complex.
+This trivial example shows some performance improvements that would be much more
+important should the allocation and construction of the objects be more complex.
 
 ## Safety
 AddressSanitizer, LeakSanitizer and ThreadSanitizer have been used to ensure the safety