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 ## Reactive Systems in Java
 
-This module contains services for article about reactive systems in Java. Please note that these secrives comprise parts of a full stack application to demonstrate the capabilities of a reactive system. Unless there is an article which extends on this concept, this is probably not a suitable module to add other code.
+This module contains services for article about reactive systems in Java. Please note that these services comprise parts of a full stack application to demonstrate the capabilities of a reactive system. Unless there is an article which extends on this concept, this is probably not a suitable module to add other code.
 
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