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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Requirements
 
 Usage
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-DSN format is simpilar to that of regular postgres:
+DSN format is similar to that of regular postgres:
 
 	from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 	
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ DSN format is simpilar to that of regular postgres:
 Notes
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-Currently, contraints and indexes return nothing when intropecting tables. This comes from the redshift implementation of the postgresql api == 8.0
+Contraints and indexes currently return nothing when intropecting tables.  This comes from the redshift implementation of the postgresql api == 8.0