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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ and Jeff Dean (jeff@google.com)
 
 This code is a library that forms the core building block for a fast
 key value server, especially suited for storing data on flash drives.
-It has an Log-Structured-Merge-Database (LSM) design with flexible tradeoffs
+It has a Log-Structured-Merge-Database (LSM) design with flexible tradeoffs
 between Write-Amplification-Factor (WAF), Read-Amplification-Factor (RAF)
 and Space-Amplification-Factor (SAF). It has multi-threaded compactions,
 making it specially suitable for storing multiple terabytes of data in a