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 In this guide you will get an overview of the contribution workflow from opening an issue, creating a PR, reviewing, and merging the PR.
 
-Use table of contents icon <img src="./assets/images/table-of-contents.png" width="25" height="25" /> on the top left corner of the this document to get to a specific section of this guide quickly.
+Use the table of contents icon <img src="./assets/images/table-of-contents.png" width="25" height="25" /> on the top left corner of the this document to get to a specific section of this guide quickly.
 
 ## New contributor guide