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 <title>Foreword</title>
 
 <para>Having used a number of different Linux distributions, I was never fully
-satisfied with any of those. I didn't like the way the bootscripts were
+satisfied with any of them. I didn't like the way the bootscripts were
 arranged, I didn't like the way certain programs were configured by
 default, and more of those things. I came to realize that if I wanted to
 be fully satisfied with a Linux system, I would have to build my own system