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 <p>
-Even if your proposal is compatible with the Go 1 spec, it may be
+Even if your proposal is compatible with the Go 1 spec, it might
 not be in the spirit of Go's design goals.
 The article <i><a href="http://talks.golang.org/2012/splash.article">Go
 at Google: Language Design in the Service of Software Engineering</a></i>