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 **[View the docs here](https://williamfalcon.github.io/pytorch-lightning/)**
 
 ## What is it?  
-Lightning is a very lightweight wrapper on PyTorch. It defers core training and validation logic to you and automes the rest. It guarantees correct, modern best practices for the core training logic.
+Lightning is a very lightweight wrapper on PyTorch. It defers core training and validation logic to you and automates the rest. It guarantees correct, modern best practices for the core training logic.
 
 
 ## Why do I want to use lightning?