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 You can download source and binaries from our [download page](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-beanutils/download_beanutils.cgi).
 
-Alternatively you can pull it from the central Maven repositories:
+Alternatively, you can pull it from the central Maven repositories:
 
 ```xml
 <dependency>