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 The MISRA-Rust project represents an investigation into what adhering to each MISRA-C rule looks
 like in Rust. The intention is to decipher how much we "get for free" from the Rust compiler.
 
-Because of the proprietary nature of the MISRA-C specificaion, the description of each rule has
+Because of the proprietary nature of the MISRA-C specification, the description of each rule has
 been omitted.
 
 ## Usage
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 * Shea Newton [email](mailto:snewton@polysync.io)
 
-Please see the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file for more details
\ No newline at end of file
+Please see the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file for more details