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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/book/en/src/by-example/app.md b/book/en/src/by-example/app.md
index 00e00519..2450c59a 100644
--- a/book/en/src/by-example/app.md
+++ b/book/en/src/by-example/app.md
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ mut` variables are safe to use within a hardware task.
$ cargo run --example hardware
{{#include ../../../../ci/expected/hardware.run}}```
-So far all the RTFM applications we have seen look no different that the
+So far all the RTFM applications we have seen look no different than the
applications one can write using only the `cortex-m-rt` crate. From this point
we start introducing features unique to RTFM.
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ we start introducing features unique to RTFM.
The static priority of each handler can be declared in the `task` attribute
using the `priority` argument. Tasks can have priorities in the range `1..=(1 <<
NVIC_PRIO_BITS)` where `NVIC_PRIO_BITS` is a constant defined in the `device`
-crate. When the `priority` argument is omitted the priority is assumed to be
+crate. When the `priority` argument is omitted, the priority is assumed to be
`1`. The `idle` task has a non-configurable static priority of `0`, the lowest
priority.
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ $ cargo run --example preempt
Note that the task `gpiob` does *not* preempt task `gpioc` because its priority
is the *same* as `gpioc`'s. However, once `gpioc` terminates the execution of
-task `gpiob` is prioritized over `gpioa`'s due to its higher priority. `gpioa`
+task, `gpiob` is prioritized over `gpioa` due to its higher priority. `gpioa`
is resumed only after `gpiob` terminates.
One more note about priorities: choosing a priority higher than what the device
supports (that is `1 << NVIC_PRIO_BITS`) will result in a compile error. Due to
-limitations in the language the error message is currently far from helpful: it
+limitations in the language, the error message is currently far from helpful: it
will say something along the lines of "evaluation of constant value failed" and
the span of the error will *not* point out to the problematic interrupt value --
we are sorry about this!