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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This repository hosts a minimal Emacs configuration with `early-init.el` and `in
 The author is using [minimal-emacs.d](https://github.com/jamescherti/minimal-emacs.d) as his `early-init.el` and `init.el`. He is using 152 packages and his Emacs configuration starts in 0.44 seconds:
 ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jamescherti/minimal-emacs.d/main/.images/emacs-startup.png)
 
-(The optimizations in minimal-emacs.d contribute significantly to speeding up Emacs startup. Other factors that helped: He defers loading packages when it is not necessary to load them on startup by using `:defer t` with `use-package`. He also utilizes byte compilation and native compilation. )
+(The optimizations in minimal-emacs.d contribute significantly to speeding up Emacs startup. Other factors that helped: He defers loading packages when it is not necessary to load them on startup by using `:defer t` with `use-package`. He also utilizes byte compilation and native compilation.)
 
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