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 <center><h2>RELEASE NOTES: COLLECTIONS 3.1-RC1</h2></center>
 
 <p>
-This release adds a various new classes and fixes a number of bugs.
+This release adds various new classes and fixes a number of bugs.
 No deprecations have occurred.
 All feedback should be directed to commons-user at jakarta.apache.org.