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  Before submitting an issue to ANTLR, please check off these boxes:
  
-* [] I am not submitting a question on how to use ANTLR; instead, go to [antlr4-discussion google group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/antlr-discussion) or ask at [stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/antlr4)
-* [] I have done a search of the existing issues to make sure I'm not sending in a duplicate
+- [ ] I am not submitting a question on how to use ANTLR; instead, go to [antlr4-discussion google group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/antlr-discussion) or ask at [stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/antlr4)
+- [ ] I have done a search of the existing issues to make sure I'm not sending in a duplicate
 
 ### Expected behavior
 
 ### Actual behavior
 
-### Steps to reproduce the behavior
\ No newline at end of file
+### Steps to reproduce the behavior