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 ### Prerequisites
 
-1. Alacritty requires most recent stable Rust compiler; it can be installed with
+1. Alacritty requires the most recent stable Rust compiler; it can be installed with
    `rustup`.
 
     Note: **DO NOT** use the Homebrew Rust compiler on macOS (see FAQ for