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 ```
 
 The key property of unions is that all fields of a union share common storage.
-As a result writes to one field of a union can overwrite its other fields, and
+As a result, writes to one field of a union can overwrite its other fields, and
 size of a union is determined by the size of its largest field.
 
 ## Initialization of a union