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@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Rebuild docs and run server via one terminal: `make dev_docs` (requires above, a
 
 ### ruff
 
-The project uses [ruff] to handles formatting, sorting imports and linting.
+The project uses [ruff] to handle formatting, sorting imports and linting.
 
 ````{tab} Command