1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/typescript.html.markdown b/typescript.html.markdown
index cf2111d5..640be0cd 100644
--- a/typescript.html.markdown
+++ b/typescript.html.markdown
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ This article will focus only on TypeScript extra syntax, as opposed to
 [JavaScript](/docs/javascript).
 
 To test TypeScript's compiler, head to the
-[Playground] (http://www.typescriptlang.org/Playground) where you will be able
+[Playground](https://www.typescriptlang.org/play) where you will be able
 to type code, have auto completion and directly see the emitted JavaScript.
 
 ```ts
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class Point3D extends Point {
   // Overwrite
   dist() {
     let d = super.dist();
-    return Math.sqrt(d * d + this.z * this.z);
+    return Math.sqrt(d() * d() + this.z * this.z);
   }
 }
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ interface Person {
 }
 
 var p1: Person = { name: "Tyrone", age: 42 };
-p1.age = 25; // Error, p1.x is read-only
+p1.age = 25; // Error, p1.age is read-only
 
 var p2 = { name: "John", age: 60 };
 var p3: Person = p2; // Ok, read-only alias for p2
@@ -257,8 +257,24 @@ for (const i in list) {
    console.log(i); // 0, 1, 2
 }
 
+// Type Assertion
 
+let foo = {} // Creating foo as an empty object
+foo.bar = 123 // Error: property 'bar' does not exist on `{}`
+foo.baz = 'hello world' // Error: property 'baz' does not exist on `{}`
 
+// Because the inferred type of foo is `{}` (an object with 0 properties), you 
+// are not allowed to add bar and baz to it. However with type assertion,
+// the following will pass:
+
+interface Foo { 
+  bar: number;
+  baz: string;
+}
+
+let foo = {} as Foo; // Type assertion here
+foo.bar = 123;
+foo.baz = 'hello world'
 
 ```