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 # dblink contributors
 
-The following people (sorted alphabetically) have contribute to coding, documentation and testing efforts.
+The following people (sorted alphabetically) have contributed to coding, documentation and testing efforts.
 
 * [Andee Kaplan](http://andeekaplan.com/)
 * Neil G. Marchant (partially supported by Australian Bureau of Statistics)