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 ## Limitations
 
 * No UTF-8. If you open an UTF-8 file with only characters from the ASCII
-  table (most of Englisch texts and source code), it works just fine
+  table (most of English texts and source code), it works just fine
   (because ASCII and UTF-8 are compatible in the "upper part" of the table),
   but you will mess up your file when you are edit files with special
   chars like ö in it.