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 The manual Sections are traditionally defined as follows:
 .TP
 .B 1 User commands (Programs)
-Those commands that can be executed by the user from within
+Commands that can be executed by the user from within
 a shell.
 .TP
 .B 2 System calls
-Those functions which wrap operations performed by the kernel.
+Functions which wrap operations performed by the kernel.
 .TP
 .B 3 Library calls
 All library functions excluding the system call wrappers