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diff --git a/cobol.html.markdown b/cobol.html.markdown index 22fcb6e0..1c858396 100644 --- a/cobol.html.markdown +++ b/cobol.html.markdown @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ organizations. *COBOL has significant differences between legacy (COBOL-85) *and modern (COBOL-2002 and COBOL-2014) versions. *Legacy versions require columns 1-6 to be blank (they are used - *to store the index number of the punched card..) + *to store the index number of the punched card). *A '*' in column 7 means a comment. *In legacy COBOL, a comment can only be a full line. *Modern COBOL doesn't require fixed columns and uses *> for @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ organizations. *Let's declare some variables. *We do this in the WORKING-STORAGE section within the DATA DIVISION. - *Each data item (aka variable) with start with a level number, + *Each data item (aka variable) starts with a level number, *then the name of the item, followed by a picture clause *describing the type of data that the variable will contain. *Almost every COBOL programmer will abbreviate PICTURE as PIC. @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ organizations. PROCEDURE DIVISION. FIRST-PARA. DISPLAY 'THIS IS IN FIRST-PARA'. - PERFORM THIRD-PARA THRU FOURTH-PARA. *>skip second-para and perfrom 3rd & 4th + PERFORM THIRD-PARA THRU FOURTH-PARA. *>skip second-para and perform 3rd & 4th *> then after performing third and fourth, *> return here and continue the program until STOP RUN. |