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 ## Compression
-If your tar file is compressed, e.g. bei `.tar.gz`/`gzip`, you need to uncompress the bytes first
+If your tar file is compressed, e.g. by `.tar.gz`/`gzip`, you need to uncompress the bytes first
 (e.g. by a *gzip* library). Afterwards, this crate can read and write the Tar archive format from the bytes.
 
 ## MSRV