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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion source/05-roadmap.md
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Expand Up @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ This chapter explains variables in Ruby.
Ruby comes with lots of batteries included. Things that are built-in, and
ready for you to be used when you open an empty Ruby file, or IRB.

We'll look the two most basic, and most widely used ones:
We'll look at the two most basic, most widely used ones:

Numbers, and Strings (text). These will be good enough for us to introduce
other concepts without spending too much time on talking about all the other
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions source/07-variables.md
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puts number
```

One important thing to note here is that a variable is not a "thing" an object
One important thing to note here is that a variable is not a "thing" (an object)
by itself. Instead it's just a *name* for an actual object. In our example the
number `1` is an object, while `number` is a name for it because we've assigned
it.
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and stuck on the actual thing, which is an object (in this case, a number).

Imagine you were in the middle of learning some Spanish, and sticked post-its
onto things in your apartment: the name *nevara* onto the refrigerator, *cama*
onto things in your apartment: the name *nevera* onto the refrigerator, *cama*
onto your bed, and *puerta del baño* onto the bathroom door.

Now, whenever you use one of these terms, as in *abrir la nevera* (open the
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions source/08-built_in_classes/01-numbers.md
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Expand Up @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ optional. This is the exact same number in Ruby: `1234.56`.

<p class="hint">
A number is defined by a series of digits, using a dot as a decimal mark, and
optinally an underscore as a thousands separator.
optionally an underscore as a thousands separator.
</p>

Note that different countries use different punctuation for decimal and
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```

<p class="hint">
Use floating point (decimal) numbers when doing devisions.
Use floating point (decimal) numbers when doing divisions.
</p>

Exercises: How about doing some of the [exercises on numbers](/exercises/numbers.html)
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