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 # metrics.sh
 
-metrics.sh is a lightweight metrics collection and fowarding utility implemented in portable POSIX compliant shell scripts. An elegant interface based on hooks enables writing custom metric collectors and forwarders in a transparent way.
+metrics.sh is a lightweight metrics collection and fowarding utility implemented in portable POSIX compliant shell scripts. A transparent interface based on hooks enables writing custom metric collectors and forwarders in an elegant way.
 
 Besides having a low impact on system resources, which makes metric.sh a suitable solution for running in virtual environments and servers with limited capacities, simplicty is the main goal of this project, hence its documentation shall fit in a single README.