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 ## Acknowledgments
 
-This crate is based on [the Real-Time For the Masses language][rtfm-lang]
+This crate is based on the [Real-Time For the Masses language][rtfm-lang]
 created by the Embedded Systems group at [Luleå University of Technology][ltu],
 led by [Prof. Per Lindgren][per].