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 For the in-depth documentation, please visit the [Contributor Handbook](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/contribute/).
 
-**Core WordPress Development does not occur on GitHub; however, pull requests are accepted as long there is a corresponding [Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org) ticket.**
+**Core WordPress Development does not occur on GitHub; however, pull requests are accepted as long as there is a corresponding [Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org) ticket.**
 
 For WordPress Block Editor development, please see the [Gutenberg GitHub repository](https://github.com/wordpress/gutenberg/).