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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Coding and Pull Request Conventions
 * We generally follow the Sun/Oracle coding standards.
 * No tabs; use 4 spaces instead.
 * No trailing whitespaces.
-* No CRLF lineendigs, LF only, put your gits 'core.autocrlf' on 'true'
+* No CRLF line endings, LF only, put your gits 'core.autocrlf' on 'true'
 * No 80 column limit or 'weird' midstatement newlines.
 * The number of commits in a pull request should be kept to a minimum (squish them into one most of the time - use common sense!).
 * No merges should be included in pull requests unless the pull request's purpose is a merge.