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 <h3 id="hd_DateLiterals">Literals for Dates</h3>
 <section id="DateLiterals">
-<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id151616083357363">Date literals allow to specify unambiguous date variables that are independant from the current language. Literals are enclosed between hash signs <literal>#</literal>. Possible formats are:</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id151616083357363">Date literals allow to specify unambiguous date variables that are independent from the current language. Literals are enclosed between hash signs <literal>#</literal>. Possible formats are:</paragraph>
 <list type="unordered">
     <listitem>
         <paragraph id="par_id41616083766108" role="listitem">#<literal>yyyy-mm-dd</literal>#</paragraph>