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 [![crates.io downloads](https://img.shields.io/crates/d/sys-locale.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/sys-locale)
 ![CI](https://github.com/1Password/sys-locale/workflows/CI/badge.svg)
 
-A small and lightweight Rust library to obtain the locale the active locale on the system.
+A small and lightweight Rust library to get the current active locale on the system.
 
-`sys-locale` is small library for obtaining the current locale set for the system or application with the relevant platform APIs. The library is also `no_std` compatible, relying only on `alloc`, except on Linux and BSD.
+`sys-locale` is small library to get the current locale set for the system or application with the relevant platform APIs. The library is also `no_std` compatible, relying only on `alloc`, except on Linux and BSD.
 
 Platform support currently includes:
 - Android
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ Licensed under either of <a href="LICENSE-APACHE">Apache License, Version
 Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
 for inclusion in this crate by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall
 be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
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