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 Check some screenshots and more details at [insight's project homepage](http://insight.is/).
 
-*Insight* project is now splitted in two repositories. One for the [API](https://github.com/bitpay/insight-api) and for the front-end. This repository is for the front-end, which will install the API as a NPM dependency.
+*Insight* project is now split in two repositories. One for the [API](https://github.com/bitpay/insight-api) and for the front-end. This repository is for the front-end, which will install the API as a NPM dependency.
 
 ## Prerequisites