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 # Submitting issues
 
-Any issue opened without effort to provide the required details for me to reproduce the problem will be closed as _invalid_. If you provide more details thereafter for me to reproduce the issue, I will reopen the it.
+Any issue opened without effort to provide the required details for me to reproduce the problem will be closed as _invalid_. If you provide more details thereafter for me to reproduce the issue, I will reopen it.
 
 **Important:** I simply do not have the time to take care of filter-related issues, you will have to find help elsewhere for this. The mere need to have to respond to filter-related issues can quickly become a burden. Consider that writing code/doc occupies all my free time. Surely there are other people out there ready to help with filter-related issues, it does not have to be me.