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diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/glossary.md b/src/doc/trpl/glossary.md index 46d87e51f0d..307aef80180 100644 --- a/src/doc/trpl/glossary.md +++ b/src/doc/trpl/glossary.md @@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ expression might perform actions other than simply returning a value. ### Expression-Oriented Language -In early programming languages [expressions][expression] and +In early programming languages, [expressions][expression] and [statements][statement] were two separate syntactic categories: expressions had a value and statements did things. However, later languages blurred this distinction, allowing expressions to do things and statements to have a value. In an expression-oriented language, (nearly) every statement is an expression -and therefore returns a value. Consequently these expression statements can +and therefore returns a value. Consequently, these expression statements can themselves form part of larger expressions. [expression]: glossary.html#expression |