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 ### Open Standards Compliance
 
-Follow the standards for HTML, CSS and ActivityPub. Especially with ActivityPub there is always some room for interpreatation, so if in doubt about a protocol implementation detail then do whatever Mastodon does to maintain maximum compatibility.
+Follow the standards for HTML, CSS and ActivityPub. Especially with ActivityPub there is always some room for interpretation, so if in doubt about a protocol implementation detail then do whatever Mastodon does to maintain maximum compatibility.
 
 ### Multi-User