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 isort your imports, so you don't have to.
 
-isort is a Python utility / library to sort imports alphabetically, and
-automatically separated into sections and by type. It provides a command line
+isort is a Python utility / library to sort imports alphabetically and
+automatically separate into sections and by type. It provides a command line
 utility, Python library and [plugins for various
 editors](https://github.com/pycqa/isort/wiki/isort-Plugins) to
 quickly sort all your imports. It requires Python 3.8+ to run but