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 - **Cross-platform:** Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux [operating systems](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/os-lifecycle-policy.md).
 - **Consistent across architectures:** Runs your code with the same behavior on multiple architectures, including x64, x86, and ARM.
-- **Command-line tools:**  Includes easy-to-use command-line tools that be used for local development and in continuous-integration scenarios.
+- **Command-line tools:**  Includes easy-to-use command-line tools that can be used for local development and in continuous-integration scenarios.
 - **Flexible deployment:** Can be included in your app or installed side-by-side user- or machine-wide. Can be used with [Docker containers](docker/index.md).
 - **Compatible:** .NET Core is compatible with .NET Framework, Xamarin and Mono, via [.NET Standard](../standard/net-standard.md).
 - **Open source:** The .NET Core platform is open source, using MIT and Apache 2 licenses. .NET Core is a [.NET Foundation](https://dotnetfoundation.org/) project.