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 We welcome contributions of additional services which are then hosted on [m3o.com](https://m3o.com).
 
-- Services must be built using Micro platform
+- Services must be built using the Micro platform
 - Any dependency must be configured using the Micro Config
 - All services to be published must include a `publicapi.json`