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 with respect to a value computation $B$ of $M$ satisfies the
 conditions:
 \begin{itemize}
-\item $A$ happens before $B$ and
+\item $A$ happens before $B$, and
 \item there is no other
 \indextext{side effects}%
 side effect $X$ to $M$ such that $A$