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 ## Basic usage
 
-To issue requests via the Google Ads API, you first need to create a
+To issue requests via the Google Ads API, you first need to create an
 [API Client](lib/Google/Ads/GoogleAds/Client.pm). For convenience, you can store
 the required settings in a properties file (`googleads.properties`) with the
 following format: