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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Akka is here to change that.
 
 Using the Actor Model together with Software Transactional Memory we raise the abstraction level and provide a better platform to build correct concurrent and scalable applications.
 
-For fault-tolerance we adopt the "Let it crash" model which have been used with great success in the telecom industry to build applications that self-heal, systems that never stop.
+For fault-tolerance we adopt the "Let it crash" model which the telecom industry has used with great success to build applications that self-heal and systems that never stop.
 
 Actors also provide the abstraction for transparent distribution and the basis for truly scalable and fault-tolerant applications.