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 Below are some [benchmarks](bench) comparing popular log libraries under Ubuntu 64 bit, Intel i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz 
 
 #### Synchronous mode
-Time needed to log 1,000,000 lines under synchronous mode (in seconds, the best of 3 runs):
+Time needed to log 1,000,000 lines in synchronous mode (in seconds, the best of 3 runs):
 
 |threads|boost log|glog   |easylogging |spdlog|
 |-------|:-------:|:-----:|----------:|------:|
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 #### Asynchronous mode 
-Time needed to log 1,000,000 lines under asynchronous mode, i.e. the time it takes to put them in the async queue (in seconds, the best of 3 runs):
+Time needed to log 1,000,000 lines in asynchronous mode, i.e. the time it takes to put them in the async queue (in seconds, the best of 3 runs):
 
 |threads|g2log <sup>async logger</sup>   |spdlog <sup>async mode</sup>|
 |:-------|:-----:|-------------------------:|