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@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ Linters have two categories of rules:
 
 **Formatting rules**: eg: [max-len](http://eslint.org/docs/rules/max-len), [no-mixed-spaces-and-tabs](http://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-mixed-spaces-and-tabs), [keyword-spacing](http://eslint.org/docs/rules/keyword-spacing), [comma-style](http://eslint.org/docs/rules/comma-style)...
 
-Prettier makes this whole category of rules not needed anymore! Prettier is going to reprint the entire program from scratch in a consistent way, so it's not possible for the programmer to make a mistake there anymore :)
+Prettier alleviates the need for this whole category of rules! Prettier is going to reprint the entire program from scratch in a consistent way, so it's not possible for the programmer to make a mistake there anymore :)
 
 **Code-quality rules**: eg [no-unused-vars](http://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-unused-vars), [no-extra-bind](http://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-extra-bind), [no-implicit-globals](http://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-implicit-globals), [prefer-promise-reject-errors](http://eslint.org/docs/rules/prefer-promise-reject-errors)...