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 ### Operator Overriding
 
-Operators of primitive classes cannot be overridden by user code. 
-Redefining `String#+` has no effect on the behavior of the `+` __operator__.
+Operators of primitive classes cannot be overridden by user code.
+Redefining `String#+` has no effect on the behavior of the `+` operator.
 
 ### Module Loading Hooks