perlintro.pod

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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Alternatively, put this as the first line of your script:
 to be executable first, so C<chmod 755 script.pl> (under Unix).
 
 For more information, including instructions for other platforms such as
-Windows and MacOS, read L<perlrun>.
+Windows and Mac OS, read L<perlrun>.
 
 =head2 Basic syntax overview
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ The elements we're getting from the array start with a C<$> because
 we're getting just a single value out of the array -- you ask for a scalar, 
 you get a scalar.
 
-To get multiple values from a array:
+To get multiple values from an array:
 
     @animals[0,1];                  # gives ("camel", "llama");
     @animals[0..2];                 # gives ("camel", "llama", "owl");
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ There's also a negated version of it:
         ...
     }
 
-This is provided as a more readable version of C<if (! condition)>.
+This is provided as a more readable version of C<if (!I<condition>)>.
 
 Note that the braces are required in Perl, even if you've only got one
 line in the block.  However, there is a clever way of making your one-line
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ Exactly like C:
     }
 
 The C style for loop is rarely needed in Perl since Perl provides
-the the more friendly list scanning C<foreach> loop.
+the more friendly list scanning C<foreach> loop.
 
 =item foreach
 
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ this overview) see L<perlsyn>.
 Perl comes with a wide selection of builtin functions.  Some of the ones
 we've already seen include C<print>, C<sort> and C<reverse>.  A list of
 them is given at the start of L<perlfunc> and you can easily read 
-about any given function by using C<perldoc -f functionname>.
+about any given function by using C<perldoc -f I<functionname>>.
 
 Perl operators are documented in full in L<perlop>, but here are a few
 of the most common ones:
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ The results end up in C<$1>, C<$2> and so on.
 
     # a cheap and nasty way to break an email address up into parts
 
-    if ($email =~ /([^@]+@(.+)/) {
+    if ($email =~ /([^@]+)@(.+)/) {
         print "Username is $1\n";
         print "Hostname is $2\n";
     }
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ in using third-party modules, which are documented below.
 =head2 Using Perl modules
 
 Perl modules provide a range of features to help you avoid reinventing
-the wheel, and can be downloaded from CPAN (http://www.cpan.org).  A
+the wheel, and can be downloaded from CPAN ( http://www.cpan.org/ ).  A
 number of popular modules are included with the Perl distribution
 itself.
 
@@ -627,9 +627,9 @@ also available from CPAN.
 To learn how to install modules you download from CPAN, read
 L<perlmodinstall>
 
-To learn how to use a particular module, use C<perldoc Module::Name>.
-Typically you will want to C<use Module::Name>, which will then give you
-access to exported functions or an OO interface to the module.
+To learn how to use a particular module, use C<perldoc I<Module::Name>>.
+Typically you will want to C<use I<Module::Name>>, which will then give
+you access to exported functions or an OO interface to the module.
 
 L<perlfaq> contains questions and answers related to many common
 tasks, and often provides suggestions for good CPAN modules to use.