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 ### Submodules
 
-This repository contains [git submodule](https://blog.github.com/2016-02-01-working-with-submodules/). To add the submodules to the project, navigate to the repository root and type:
+This repository contains [git submodules](https://blog.github.com/2016-02-01-working-with-submodules/). To add the submodules to the project, navigate to the repository root and type:
 
 ``` bash
 git submodule update --init --recursive