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 # Hnswlib - fast approximate nearest neighbor search
-Header-only C++ HNSW implementation with python bindings. Paper code for the HNSW 200M SIFT experiment
+Header-only C++ HNSW implementation with python bindings. Paper's code for the HNSW 200M SIFT experiment
 
 **NEWS:**
 
-**Thanks to Louis Abraham ([@louisabraham](https://github.com/louisabraham)) hnswlib is now can be installed via pip!**
+**Thanks to Louis Abraham ([@louisabraham](https://github.com/louisabraham)) hnswlib can now be installed via pip!**
 
 Highlights:
 1) Lightweight, header-only, no dependencies other than C++ 11.