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 ### Guidelines for pull requests
 
 1. Respect Notepad++ coding style.
-2. Create a new branch for each PR. **Make sure your branch name wasn't used before** - you can add date (for example `patch3_20200528`) to ensure its unicity.
+2. Create a new branch for each PR. **Make sure your branch name wasn't used before** - you can add date (for example `patch3_20200528`) to ensure its uniqueness.
 3. Single feature or bug-fix per PR.
 4. Make single commit per PR.
 5. Make your modification compact - don't reformat source code in your request. It makes code review more difficult.