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 # xgbooster
 Simple C++ interface for xgboost with cross platform and size reduce serialization
 
-This is a work in progress, and is posted initially as a reference for using teh xgboost C++ API.
+This is a work in progress, and is posted initially as a reference for using the xgboost C++ API.