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@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ optimizer, speeding it up and making it more aggressive.  For example:</p>
 <li>Evan contributed a new target independent if-converter.  While it is 
     target independent, so far only the ARM backend uses it.</li>
 
-<li>Evan rewrite the way the register allocator handles rematerialization,
+<li>Evan rewrote the way the register allocator handles rematerialization,
     allowing it to be much more effective on two-address targets like X86,
     and taught it to fold loads away when possible (also a big win on X86).</li>