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 First off, thank you for considering contributing to beets! It's people like you that make beets continue to succeed.
 
-These guidelines describe how you can help most effectively. By following these guidelines, you can make life easier for the development team as it indicates you respect the maintainers' time; in return, the maintainers can reciprocate by helping to address your issue, review changes, and finalize pull requests.
+These guidelines describe how you can help most effectively. By following these guidelines, you can make life easier for the development team as it indicates you respect the maintainers' time; in return, the maintainers will reciprocate by helping to address your issue, review changes, and finalize pull requests.
 
 # Types of Contributions