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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ <h3>Seamless Java Interop</h3>
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         <h3>Type Inference</h3>
-        <p>So the type system doesn't feel so static.</p>
+        <p>So the type system doesn’t feel so static.</p>
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         <h3>Parallelism/Distribution</h3>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ <h3>Traits</h3>
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         <h3>Pattern Matching</h3>
-        <p>Think "switch" on steroids. Match against class hierarchies, sequences, and more.</p>
+        <p>Think “switch” on steroids. Match against class hierarchies, sequences, and more.</p>
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         <h3>Higher-Order Functions</h3>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ <h2><span>Scala in Action</span></h2>
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                   <h1>Concise and powerful. Higher-order functions on collections.</h1>
-                   <p class="lead">Invoke the higher-order method "partition", which takes a predicate (a function returning a Boolean) as its sole argument, using infix syntax. The two components of the result pair are assigned simultaneously to two new local variables using a tuple pattern. No need for clunky intermediate collections and for-loops.</p>
+                   <p class="lead">Invoke the higher-order method “partition”, which takes a predicate (a function returning a Boolean) as its sole argument, using infix syntax. The two components of the result pair are assigned simultaneously to two new local variables using a tuple pattern. No need for clunky intermediate collections and for-loops.</p>
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@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ <h1>Concise and powerful. Higher-order functions on collections.</h1>
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                   <h1 style="margin-left: 20px">Pattern matching.</h1>
-                  <p class="lead" style="float: left; width: 320px; margin-left: 20px;">Enable pattern matching on classes and singleton objects using the case modifier. Match against trees, extracting its fields using variables in a pattern like "Binary(e, l, r)".
+                  <p class="lead" style="float: left; width: 320px; margin-left: 20px;">Enable pattern matching on classes and singleton objects using the case modifier. Match against trees, extracting its fields using variables in a pattern like “Binary(e, l, r)”.
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@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ <h1 style="margin-left: 20px">Pattern matching.</h1>
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                   <h1 style="margin-left: 20px">Type Inference, Class Parameters, and String Interpolation.</h1>
-                  <p class="lead" style="float: left; width: 320px; margin-left: 20px;">The type "List[Int]" of "l" is inferred automatically. The primary constructor of class "Person" assigns its arguments to public fields "name" and "age".
+                  <p class="lead" style="float: left; width: 320px; margin-left: 20px;">The type “List[Int]” of “l” is inferred automatically. The primary constructor of class “Person” assigns its arguments to public fields “name” and “age”.
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@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ <h1 style="margin-left: 20px">Type Inference, Class Parameters, and String Inter
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-        <h2><span>What's going on with Scala</span></h2>
+        <h2><span>What’s going on with Scala</span></h2>
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@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ <h3>Seamless Java Interop</h3>
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           <h3>Type Inference</h3>
-          <p>So the type system doesn't feel so static. Don't work for the type system. Let the type system work for you!</p>
+          <p>So the type system doesn’t feel so static. Don’t work for the type system. Let the type system work for you!</p>
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           <h3>Concurrency<br>& Distribution</h3>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ <h3>Traits</h3>
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           <h3>Pattern Matching</h3>
-          <p>Think "switch" on steroids. Match against class hierarchies, sequences, and more.</p>
+          <p>Think “switch” on steroids. Match against class hierarchies, sequences, and more.</p>
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           <h3>Higher-Order Functions</h3>