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diff --git a/scala.html.markdown b/scala.html.markdown
index c2aa942c..e82c1c36 100644
--- a/scala.html.markdown
+++ b/scala.html.markdown
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ r foreach println
(5 to 1 by -1) foreach (println)
-// A while loops
+// A while loop
var i = 0
while (i < 10) { println("i " + i); i += 1 }
@@ -245,17 +245,18 @@ while (i < 10) { println("i " + i); i += 1 } // Yes, again. What happened? Why
i // Show the value of i. Note that while is a loop in the classical sense -
// it executes sequentially while changing the loop variable. while is very
- // fast, faster that Java loops, but using the combinators and
- // comprehensions above is easier to understand and parallelize
+ // fast, but using the combinators and comprehensions above is easier
+ // to understand and parallelize
-// A do while loop
+// A do-while loop
i = 0
do {
println("i is still less than 10")
i += 1
} while (i < 10)
-// Tail recursion is an idiomatic way of doing recurring things in Scala.
+// Recursion is the idiomatic way of repeating an action in Scala (as in most
+// other functional languages).
// Recursive functions need an explicit return type, the compiler can't infer it.
// Here it's Unit.
def showNumbersInRange(a: Int, b: Int): Unit = {
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ val x = 10
if (x == 1) println("yeah")
if (x == 10) println("yeah")
if (x == 11) println("yeah")
-if (x == 11) println ("yeah") else println("nay")
+if (x == 11) println("yeah") else println("nay")
println(if (x == 10) "yeah" else "nope")
val text = if (x == 10) "yeah" else "nope"