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-Before your pull request is reviewed and merged, make sure you
+Before your pull request is reviewed and merged, please ensure that:
 
 * [ ] there are no linting errors -- `npm run lint`
-* [ ] code is in uniquely-named feature branch, and has been rebased on top of latest master. If you're asked to make more changes make sure you rebase onto master then too!
-* [ ] pull request is descriptively named and links to an issue number, i.e. `Fixes #123`
+* [ ] your code is in a uniquely-named feature branch and has been rebased on top of the latest master. If you're asked to make more changes, make sure you rebase onto master then too!
+* [ ] your pull request is descriptively named and links to an issue number, i.e. `Fixes #123`
 
-Thank you!
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+Thank you!