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 This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED Attribution-ShareAlike
 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) license.
 If you do use this work in some form, the [IOCCC judges](/judges.html) would appreciate
-(but does not require) if you were to [send us a note about your use](/contact.html).
+(but do not require) if you were to [send us a note about your use](/contact.html).