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 # node-problem-detector
 node-problem-detector aims to make various node problems visible to the upstream
 layers in cluster management stack.
-It is a daemon runs on each node, detects node
+It is a daemon which runs on each node, detects node
 problems and reports them to apiserver.
 node-problem-detector can either run as a
 [DaemonSet](http://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/daemons/) or run standalone.