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 <p><!-- golang.org/issue/36460 -->
   If a module specifies <code>go</code> <code>1.17</code> or higher in its
   <code>go.mod</code> file, its transitive requirements are now loaded lazily,
-  avoding the need to download or read <code>go.mod</code> files for
+  avoiding the need to download or read <code>go.mod</code> files for
   otherwise-irrelevant dependencies. To support lazy loading, in Go 1.17 modules
   the <code>go</code> command maintains <em>explicit</em> requirements in
   the <code>go.mod</code> file for every dependency that provides any package