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 # SESAM
 
 
-The sesam.py file contain the model to produce semi-supervised representation as described in [1] and [2]
+The sesam.py file contains the model to produce semi-supervised representation as described in [1] and [2]
 
 The GBSSL.PY file is obtained from the project: https://github.com/junliangma/gbssl