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 # Interior Mutability
 
-Sometimes a type needs be mutated while having multiple aliases. In Rust this
+Sometimes a type needs to be mutated while having multiple aliases. In Rust this
 is achieved using a pattern called _interior mutability_. A type has interior
 mutability if its internal state can be changed through a [shared reference] to
 it. This goes against the usual [requirement][ub] that the value pointed to by a