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-In B<USE RULE 1>, you can omit the curly braces whenever the thing
+In B<USE RULE 1>, you can omit the curly brackets whenever the thing
inside them is an atomic scalar variable like C<$aref>. For example,
C<@$aref> is the same as C<@{$aref}>, and C<$$aref[1]> is the same as
C<${$aref}[1]>. If you're just starting out, you may want to adopt
-the habit of always including the curly braces.
+the habit of always including the curly brackets.
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