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@@ -671,10 +671,10 @@ decide to implement it, Alice might be able to keep this payment).
 There is always a cost to unwanted messages, but in our current
 systems the costs lie on the side of the receiver, not the sender.
 We can shift that dynamic for unestablished relationships.
-And critically, it is up to Alice to decide her threshold: if she
-is receiving critically abusive messages, she can up the number of
-stamps required, disable her public inbox entirely, or hand over
-moderation to a trusted party during a particularly difficult period.
+And critically, it is up to Alice to decide her threshold: if she is
+receiving abusive messages, she can up the number of stamps required,
+disable her public inbox entirely, or hand over moderation to a
+trusted party during a particularly difficult period.
 But even if she disables her inbox, the parties which have existing
 trust relationships with Alice can still message her at no cost.