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 Instead, the case study was [designed](#22-rules) to discover
 minimum viable [patterns](#321-mount-functions) that are truly vanilla.
 The result is maintainable, albeit [verbose](#522-the-verbose) and with
-considerable duplication (most of which is mitigated by ES6).
+considerable duplication (most of which may be mitigated by ES6).
 
 If anything, the case study validates the value of build steps and frameworks,
 but also demonstrates that standard web technologies can be used effectively and