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@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ Very restricted Haskell (strict subset) for formally specifying semantics of pro
 
 * no modules
 * no type classes
-* no **newtype** and **deriving**
+* no *newtype* and *deriving*
 * fully monomorphic