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@@ -272,4 +272,4 @@ There is no strict process when it comes to merging pull requests, pull requests
 
 * If you are proposing multiple changes, which change many different aspects of the code, you are expected to section them off into different pull requests in order to make it easier to review them and to deny/accept the changes that are deemed acceptable.
 
-* If your pull request is accepted, the code you add is no longer exclusively yours but everyones, everyone is free to work on it but you are also free to object to any changes being made, which will be noted by a Project Lead or Project Manager. It is a shame this has to be explicitly said but there have been cases where this would've saved some trouble.
+* If your pull request is accepted, the code you add no longer belongs exclusively to you but to everyone; everyone is free to work on it, but you are also free to object to any changes being made, which will be noted by a Project Lead or Project Manager. It is a shame this has to be explicitly said, but there have been cases where this would've saved some trouble.