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 # MIMEText
 RFC-5322 compliant, fully typed and documented email message generator for javascript runtimes.
 
-> Earlier specification RFC-2822 obsoleted by RFC-5322, therefore this library aims to be fully compliant with RFC-5322 and it's decendant specifications.
+> Earlier specification RFC-2822 obsoleted by RFC-5322, therefore this library aims to be fully compliant with RFC-5322 and it's descendant specifications.
 
 ## Installation
 ### npm