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 ### [github.com/jackc/pgx/v4/pgxpool](https://github.com/jackc/pgx/tree/master/pgxpool)
 
-`pgxpool` is a connection pool for pgx. pgx is entirely decoupled from its default pool implementation. This means that pgx can be used with a different pool. or without any pool at all.
+`pgxpool` is a connection pool for pgx. pgx is entirely decoupled from its default pool implementation. This means that pgx can be used with a different pool or without any pool at all.
 
 ### [github.com/jackc/pgx/v4/stdlib](https://github.com/jackc/pgx/tree/master/stdlib)