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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ build it with `cargo b -r`, the resulting binary will be at
 note that metasearch2 is primarily made for myself, so only features i actually
 use will be merged. however i highly encourage you to fork it to add features
 you want, and in fact that would make me very happy. also, the code is public
-domain so you do absolutely whatever you want with it.
+domain so you can do absolutely whatever you want with it.
 
 here's a probably incomplete list of maintained forks that add new features:
 - https://github.com/mrcbax/metasearch2/tree/seo_spam