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+## Introduction
+
+A simple utility library to Humanize the web.
+
+At its core, Humanize harmonizes a group of smaller tasks that once included in a project make a big difference to your output being more readable by your fellow humans...you are human, right? 
+
+Here are some examples of what you can do with Humanize: 
+
+* Making a number such as 123456789 more human readable by simply adding in the correct commas "123,456,789" and decimals "123,456,789.00".
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+* Making a larger number more compact 123456789 converts to "123.5M".
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+* Make file sizes more understandable a file size of 1024 * 2000 can show as "1.95 Mb".
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+* Make a plural with pluralize 1 "duck", 2 "ducks", 3 "duckies"
 
-A simple utility library for making the web more humane.
 
 ## Getting Started