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@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ a one-liner in our vague opinion.</p>
 <strong><code>|</code></strong> * are “blob-ier” (just a pile of unformatted C code) than they need to be</li>
 <li>are rather similar to <strong>previous winners</strong> :-(</li>
 <li>are identical to <strong>previous losers</strong> :-)</li>
-<li>that mandate the exclusive the use of an specific Integrated Development Environment (IDE)</li>
+<li>that mandate the exclusive use of a specific Integrated Development Environment (IDE)</li>
 </ul>
 <p>In order to encourage submission portability, we <strong>DISLIKE</strong> entries that
 fail to build unless one is using an IDE. For example, do not
diff --git a/next/guidelines.md b/next/guidelines.md
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@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ We tend to **DISLIKE** programs that:
 **`|`**   * are "blob-ier" (just a pile of unformatted C code) than they need to be
 * are rather similar to **previous winners** :-(
 * are identical to **previous losers** :-)
-* that mandate the exclusive the use of an specific Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
+* that mandate the exclusive use of a specific Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
 
 In order to encourage submission portability, we **DISLIKE** entries that
 fail to build unless one is using an IDE. For example, do not