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@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Backward-incompatible Changes
   If you defined a class ``C`` that subclasses ``A`` and ``B`` like ``C(A, B)``, ``attrs`` would have collected the attributes from ``B`` *before* those of ``A``.
 
   This is now fixed and means that in classes that employ multiple inheritance, the output of ``__repr__`` and the order of positional arguments in ``__init__`` changes.
-  Due to the nature of this bug, a proper deprecation cycle was unfortunately impossible.
+  Because of the nature of this bug, a proper deprecation cycle was unfortunately impossible.
 
   Generally speaking, it's advisable to prefer ``kwargs``-based initialization anyways – *especially* if you employ multiple inheritance and diamond-shaped hierarchies.