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 #### Field
 A field is a collection of bits that make up some sort of data. Formaty supports `Int`/`Uint` of arbitrary size, 
-`Float`, `Double`, `Strings` and `Bytes`. This data may not be byte aligned. 
+`Float`, `Double`, `Strings` and `Bytes`. This data does not need to be byte aligned. 
 
 Members:
 * `name` - the name of the field, used while displaying data