match, whichever comes first. (See L<perlsyn/"Compound Statements">.)
B<NOTE>: failed matches in Perl do not reset the match variables,
-which makes easier to write code that tests for a series of more
+which makes it easier to write code that tests for a series of more
specific cases and remembers the best match.
B<WARNING>: Once Perl sees that you need one of C<$&>, C<$`>, or
that are mentioned only once and scalar variables that are used
before being set, redefined subroutines, references to undefined
filehandles or filehandles opened read-only that you are attempting
-to write on, values used as a number that doesn't look like numbers,
+to write on, values used as a number that don't look like numbers,
using an array as though it were a scalar, if your subroutines
recurse more than 100 deep, and innumerable other things.