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 mdBook is a utility to create modern online books from markdown files.
 
-**This project is still in it's early days.**
+**This project is still in its early days.**
 For more information about what is left on my to-do list, check the issue tracker
 
 
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 ## Usage
 
-mdBook will primaraly be used as a command line tool, even though it exposes all it's functionality as a Rust crate for integration in other projects.
+mdBook will primaraly be used as a command line tool, even though it exposes all its functionality as a Rust crate for integration in other projects.
 
 Here are the main commands you will want to run, for a more exhaustive explanation, check out the [documentation](http://azerupi.github.io/mdBook/).