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  3. Amongst all the peers in my set of N, am I the owner of the key
     "foo"?  (e.g. does it consistent hash to 5?)  If so, load it.  If
-    other callers come in (via the same process or via RPC requests
+    other callers come in, via the same process or via RPC requests
     from peers, they block waiting for the load to finish and get the
-    same answer).  If not, RPC to the peer that's the owner and get
+    same answer.  If not, RPC to the peer that's the owner and get
     the answer.  If the RPC fails, just load it locally (still with
     local dup suppression).