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 # Apache Arrow Ruby
 
-There are the official Ruby bindings for Apache Arrow.
+Here are the official Ruby bindings for Apache Arrow.
 
 [Red Arrow](https://github.com/apache/arrow/tree/master/ruby/red-arrow) is the base Apache Arrow bindings.