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 ## Installation
 
-`comtypes` is available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes) and may be installed with `pip`:
+`comtypes` is available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes) and can be installed with `pip`:
 ```sh
 # PyPI
 pip install comtypes