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-The expression "referential transparency" itself is already confusing and
+The expression 'referential transparency' itself is already confusing and
 subject to interpretation, according to whether you're in the context of
 natural, functional or imperative languages. In any of those contexts however,
-referential transparency is generally regarded as a Good Thing(tm). In
+referential transparency is generally regarded as a Good Thing (tm). In
 computer science for example, it helps to reason about programs, prove them,
 optimize them, and even enables some paradigms such as normal order (lazy)
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 territory. Whether these techniques are considered extremely powerful,
 extremely unsafe, or extremely bad style is a matter of personal taste. In
-fact, they are probably all of that, and much more...\\
+fact, they are probably all of that, and much more . . .\\
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