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@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ and analyzing text data. Pdfminer.six extracts the text from a page directly
 from the sourcecode of the PDF. It can also be used to get the exact location, 
 font or color of the text. 
 
-It is build in a modular way such that each component of pdfminer.six can be
+It is built in a modular way such that each component of pdfminer.six can be
 replaced easily. You can implement your own interpreter or rendering device
-to use the power of pdfminer.six for other purposes that text analysis. 
+that uses the power of pdfminer.six for other purposes than text analysis. 
 
 Check out the full documentation on
 [Read the Docs](https://pdfminersix.readthedocs.io).