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 ### Combining `NSAttributedString` with `+`
-This library defines a `+` operator for concatentating instances of `NSAttributedString`.
+This library defines an concatenation operator `+` for concatentating instances of `NSAttributedString`.
 `+` works with `NSAttributedString` no different than it does for `String`.
 This can be useful for combining `NSAttributedStrings` with different attributes to produce the 
 desired effect without having to specify ranges to apply different attributes to.