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 ### Motivation / Rationale
 
 See the [RFC #3216](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3216): this crate
-is a Proof-of-Concept of the ideas laid out there[^1].
+is a Proof-of-Concept of the ideas laid out therein[^1].
 
 [^1]: with the exception of allowing elided lifetimes to have a meaning (chosen higher-order), which the RFC cannot do in order to be future-proof.