subject verb agreement
Closes #10684.
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## Transitive dependencies
Bazel only reads dependencies listed in your `WORKSPACE` file. If your project
-(`A`) depends on another project (`B`) which list a dependency on a third
+(`A`) depends on another project (`B`) which lists a dependency on a third
project (`C`) in its `WORKSPACE` file, you'll have to add both `B`
and `C` to your project's `WORKSPACE` file. This requirement can balloon the
-`WORKSPACE` file size, but hopefully limits the chances of having one library
+`WORKSPACE` file size, but limits the chances of having one library
include `C` at version 1.0 and another include `C` at 2.0.
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