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 aws-cost
 ```
 
-The output will be a the totals with breakdown by service. Optionally, you can pass the following options to modify the output:
+The output will be the totals with breakdown by service. Optionally, you can pass the following options to modify the output:
 
 ```bash
 $ aws-cost --help