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Grammatical Error

Under this section: High Explosive Research#Manhattan Project - Third paragraph.

Currently reads, "The British considered produce an atomic bomb without American help, but the project would need overwhelming priority, the cost was staggering, disruption to other wartime projects was inevitable, and it was unlikely to be ready in time to affect the outcome of the war in Europe."

In addition, it may be worthwhile to restructure sentence to address run-on nature. -Aenaphos (talk) 12:30, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:06, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]