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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ title: Shortcodes
 weight: 40
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-Because Hugo uses markdown for its simple content format, however there's a lot
+Hugo uses markdown for its simple content format, however there's a lot
 of things that markdown doesn't support well.
 
 We are unwilling to accept being constrained by our simple format. Also