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    "source": [
     "### Higher-order functions\n",
     "\n",
-    "Higher order functions are functions that take and/or return other functions. And example is the `count` function in Julia.\n",
+    "Higher order functions are functions that take and/or return other functions. An example is the `count` function in Julia.\n",
     "\n",
     "For instance, we can pass a user-defined function to count the number of even elements in an array."
    ]