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 ## Versioning
 
-Expect for parts explicitely marked otherwise, go-toml follows [Semantic
+Expect for parts explicitly marked otherwise, go-toml follows [Semantic
 Versioning](https://semver.org). The supported version of
 [TOML](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml) is indicated at the beginning of this
 document. The last two major versions of Go are supported (see [Go Release