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 == OVERVIEW
 
-purple_ruby is a ruby gem to write servers that send and recive IM messages. It uses libpurple ( http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/WhatIsLibpurple ) and therforce supports all protocols that Pidgin/Adium supports (MSN/Gtalk/Yahoo/AIM/ICQ etc).
+purple_ruby is a ruby gem to write servers that send and receive IM messages. It uses libpurple ( http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/WhatIsLibpurple ) and therforce supports all protocols that Pidgin/Adium supports (MSN/Gtalk/Yahoo/AIM/ICQ etc).
 
 For MSN, we recommend msn-pecan ( http://code.google.com/p/msn-pecan/ ), which is more more stable than official MSN plugin.