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 # fugitive.vim
 
-Fugitive is the premiere Vim plugin for Git.  Or maybe it's the premiere Git
+Fugitive is the premier Vim plugin for Git.  Or maybe it's the premier Git
 plugin for Vim?  Either way, it's "so awesome, it should be illegal".  That's
 why it's called Fugitive.