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 ```
 
 ## Local Network
-The `solana-localnet` program is provide to easily start a test Solana network
+The `solana-localnet` program is provided to easily start a test Solana network
 locally on your machine.  Docker must be installed.  The JSON RPC endpoint of
 the local network is `http://localhost:8899`.