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@@ -2177,7 +2177,11 @@ Expressions are divided into two main categories: _lvalues_ and _rvalues_.
 Likewise within each expression, sub-expressions may occur in _lvalue context_ or _rvalue context_.
 The evaluation of an expression depends both on its own category and the context it occurs within.
 
-[Path](#path-expressions), [field](#field-expressions) and [index](#index-expressions) expressions are lvalues.
+An lvalue is an expression that represents a memory location. These
+expressions are [paths](#path-expressions) (which refer to local
+variables, function and method arguments, or static variables),
+dereferences (`*expr`), [indexing expressions](#index-expressions)
+(`expr[expr]`), and [field references](#field-expressions) (`expr.f`).
 All other expressions are rvalues.
 
 The left operand of an [assignment](#assignment-expressions),