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 To accomplish these goals, Administrate follows a few guiding principles:
 
-- No DSLs (domain-specific languages)
+- Stay as close to standard Rails as possible, keeping the
+  Administrate-specific code as small as practical,
 - Support the simplest use cases, and let the user override defaults with
-  standard tools such as plain Rails controllers and views.
+  standard tools such as plain Rails controllers and views,
 - Break up the library into core components and plugins,
   so each component stays small and easy to maintain.