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 ### Ignoring code
 
-To ignore a section of source code, you can a special `# stree-ignore` comment. This comment should be placed immediately above the code that you want to ignore. For example:
+To ignore a section of source code, you can use a special `# stree-ignore` comment. This comment should be placed immediately above the code that you want to ignore. For example:
 
 ```ruby
 numbers = [