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 ## Forks
 
-As of result of the inactivity over hte last year in the Ducksboard repository, [@dsmorse](https://github.com/dsmorse/gridster.js) has created a fork
+As of result of the inactivity over the last year in the Ducksboard repository, [@dsmorse](https://github.com/dsmorse/gridster.js) has created a fork
 for current support.  He will GLADLY accept pull requests, and will be working to merge existing
 Pull Requests from Ducksboard repo.