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 ## Step-by-step guide how to get into development quickly
 
-We assume you use Linux as a work environment (you can use a virtual machine as well) and `git` installed.
+We assume that you use Linux as a work environment (you can use a virtual machine as well) and have `git` installed.
 
 1. If possible, make sure that you have installed and started `docker`. While you can also run tests without docker, this makes it a lot easier since you do not have to install the precise requirements and tests are running properly isolated and in the exact same environments as in CI. You often can also use `podman` with the `docker` executable shim, so if you have that you probably do not need to install `docker`.