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 ##Usage
 
-Compiler plugins are highly unstable and will only work with a nightly Rust for now. Since stable Rust is backwards compatible you hsould be able to compile your stable programs with nightly Rust with clippy plugged in to circumvent this.
+Compiler plugins are highly unstable and will only work with a nightly Rust for now. Since stable Rust is backwards compatible, you should be able to compile your stable programs with nightly Rust with clippy plugged in to circumvent this.
 
 Add in your `Cargo.toml`:
 ```toml