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 ## Guidelines (IMPORTANT)
-- Mention the appropiate [issue number](https://help.github.com/en/articles/autolinked-references-and-urls#issues-and-pull-requests) in your pull request.
+- Mention the appropriate [issue number](https://help.github.com/en/articles/autolinked-references-and-urls#issues-and-pull-requests) in your pull request.
 - If the algo you want to add is not in issues or Proposed List yet, make a new issue.
-- Please test your script before sumitting pull requests.
+- Please test your script before submitting pull requests.
 - Please use 3.x python only.
 
 ## Current List of Sorting Algos: