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 ### Rules
 
-Individual edits are represented as rules in Polyglot Piranha, where each rule represents matches and replaces a specific code snippet.
+Individual edits are represented as rules in Polyglot Piranha, where each rule matches and replaces a specific code snippet.
 A program in PolyglotPiranha should contain at least one rule with the following properties:
 - `query`: A query to find the code pattern to refactor 
 - `replace_node`: The captured node in the query that will be replaced.