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 ## Progress
 
 The language L3 is implemented as a simple REPL. L3 is pure Prolog --
-Prolog without cuts, meta- or extra-logical operators, or side effects
+Prolog without cut, meta- or extra-logical operators, or side effects
 of any kind. No data types apart from atoms are currently supported.
 
 ## Tutorial