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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ It is ***blazingly fast***, extremely ***fun to use*** and comes with ***batteri
 
 - combine `FastAPI`, `TortoiseORM`, `Aerich` migrations and `Pydantic` into a high-productivity web-application framework
 - tie everything neatly together into a concise and straight-forward API
-- ***AVOID*** any adding abstractions unless making things extremely convenient
+- ***AVOID*** adding any abstractions on top, unless they make things extremely convenient
 
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