all: remove the duplicate 'the' in annotations (#17509)

3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/core/block_validator.go b/core/block_validator.go
index 98958809b..ecd6a89bc 100644
--- a/core/block_validator.go
+++ b/core/block_validator.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func NewBlockValidator(config *params.ChainConfig, blockchain *BlockChain, engin
 	return validator
 }
 
-// ValidateBody validates the given block's uncles and verifies the the block
+// ValidateBody validates the given block's uncles and verifies the block
 // header's transaction and uncle roots. The headers are assumed to be already
 // validated at this point.
 func (v *BlockValidator) ValidateBody(block *types.Block) error {
diff --git a/core/state_processor.go b/core/state_processor.go
index 8e238ce1f..1a91a57ab 100644
--- a/core/state_processor.go
+++ b/core/state_processor.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (p *StateProcessor) Process(block *types.Block, statedb *state.StateDB, cfg
 		allLogs  []*types.Log
 		gp       = new(GasPool).AddGas(block.GasLimit())
 	)
-	// Mutate the the block and state according to any hard-fork specs
+	// Mutate the block and state according to any hard-fork specs
 	if p.config.DAOForkSupport && p.config.DAOForkBlock != nil && p.config.DAOForkBlock.Cmp(block.Number()) == 0 {
 		misc.ApplyDAOHardFork(statedb)
 	}
diff --git a/core/vm/contract.go b/core/vm/contract.go
index b466681db..26bca6895 100644
--- a/core/vm/contract.go
+++ b/core/vm/contract.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ type AccountRef common.Address
 func (ar AccountRef) Address() common.Address { return (common.Address)(ar) }
 
 // Contract represents an ethereum contract in the state database. It contains
-// the the contract code, calling arguments. Contract implements ContractRef
+// the contract code, calling arguments. Contract implements ContractRef
 type Contract struct {
 	// CallerAddress is the result of the caller which initialised this
 	// contract. However when the "call method" is delegated this value