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 ### Using Trust
 
-Talk ships with core components we call "Trust". This allow Talk to automatically do special things based on intelligence built into the system.
+Talk ships with core components we call "Trust". This allows Talk to automate certain actions based on previous user behavior.
 
 Our first feature is the notion of Karma. Talk will automatically pre-moderate comments of users who have a negative karma score. You can [see more how karma works here](/services/karma.js).