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 [*Read more about closing Issues via commit messages.*](https://help.github.com/articles/closing-issues-via-commit-messages)
 
 ### Cross-Link Issues
-If you want to link to another issue in the same repository, simple type hash `#` then the issue number, it will be auto-linked.
+If you want to link to another issue in the same repository, simply type hash `#` then the issue number, and it will be auto-linked.
 
 To link to an issue in another repository, `user_name/repo_name#ISSUE_NUMBER` e.g. `tiimgreen/toc#12`.