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@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ In environments where memory management is explicit, the lifecycle of data in me
 2. Memory being shared with producers/consumers (e.g. as a parameter Read/Update/Consume)
 3. Read/write operations by multiple parties (needs synchronization if multithreaded environment)
 3. Make sure this memory will never be accessed again by nobody
-4. Memory has to be freed exactly once and compatible to how it was allocated
+4. Memory has to be freed exactly once and compatibly to how it was allocated
 
 Every such lifecycle must be completed.   
 All of this must be guaranteed.