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 ## Data Integrity
 
 Rather than relying on an Object Relational Mapper and custom
-imperative coding, this system requires you put declarative constraints
+imperative coding, this system requires you to put declarative constraints
 directly into your database. Hence no application can corrupt your
 data (including your API server).