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 Magnum is 2D/3D graphics engine written in C++11 and modern OpenGL. Its goal is
 to simplify low-level graphics development and interaction with OpenGL using
-recent C++11 features and abstract away platform-specific issues.
+recent C++11 features and to abstract away platform-specific issues.
 
 DESIGN GOALS
 ============
diff --git a/doc/mainpage.dox b/doc/mainpage.dox
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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace Magnum {
 
 %Magnum is 2D/3D graphics engine written in C++11 and modern OpenGL. Its goal
 is to simplify low-level graphics development and interaction with OpenGL using
-recent C++11 features and abstract away platform-specific issues.
+recent C++11 features and to abstract away platform-specific issues.
 
 @section mainpage-design-goals Design goals