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-PyTorch-Transformers (formely known as `pytorch-pretrained-bert`) is a library of state-of-the-art pre-trained models for Natural Language Processing (NLP).
+PyTorch-Transformers (formerly known as `pytorch-pretrained-bert`) is a library of state-of-the-art pre-trained models for Natural Language Processing (NLP).
 
 The library currently contains PyTorch implementations, pre-trained model weights, usage scripts and conversion utilities for the following models: