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 Although Rust can almost always infer the types of local variables, you
 can specify a variable's type by following it with a colon, then the type
-name. Constants, an the other hand, always require a type annotation.
+name. Constants, on the other hand, always require a type annotation.
 
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 const monster_factor: float = 57.8;