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 There are many excellent Python style guides out there, usually based on [PEP
 8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) -- the mother of all Python style
-guides. Following the principle of reuse, we recommend an existing guides that
+guides. Following the principle of reuse, we recommend an existing guide that
 we find suitable, and only add a few refinements and accentuation to it. In
 short:
 
@@ -213,4 +213,3 @@ Write 90% tests. The test should make sure that it will catch 90% of the
 potential problems with the function. Avoid writing 50% tests (that only check
 a common case or two) and avoid writing 99.9% tests because it will consume too
 much of your time.
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