=head2 Matching this or that
-We can match match different character strings with the B<alternation>
+We can match different character strings with the B<alternation>
metacharacter C<'|'>. To match C<dog> or C<cat>, we form the regex
C<dog|cat>. As before, perl will try to match the regex at the
earliest possible point in the string. At each character position,
-perl will first try to match the the first alternative, C<dog>. If
+perl will first try to match the first alternative, C<dog>. If
C<dog> doesn't match, perl will then try the next alternative, C<cat>.
If C<cat> doesn't match either, then the match fails and perl moves to
the next position in the string. Some examples: