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 # FlowGraphUnity
 A push-based flow graph for generating modular environments in Unity3D using Reactive Extensions.
 
-This repository contains the prototype of my first thesis topic (development branch). I changed my topic after a month and thus abandonned this one. Maybe I pick it up at some point, because I think the idea is definitely worth pursuing but a little to ambitious at the time.
+This repository contains the prototype of my first thesis topic (development branch). I changed my topic after a month and thus abandoned this one. Maybe I pick it up at some point, because I think the idea is definitely worth pursuing but a little to ambitious at the time.
 
 See "development" branch for latest version.