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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Installing collected packages: pycocotools
 Successfully installed pycocotools-2.0
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-On Windows, for the avove to work, you must have the Visual C++ 2015 build tools on your path. If you don't, make sure to install them from [here](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691126):
+On Windows, you must have the Visual C++ 2015 build tools on your path. If you don't, make sure to install them from [here](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691126):
 
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