# Effective Haskell: Typo in Chapter 1 (page 22)

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> the (\<\>) operator would get passed to the function show instead of  
> the string we get back when we say show 1.

I think it should say “would get passed the function” without the “to”.

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@RebeccaSkinner

Another typo in Chapter 1 on page 39: **fizzBuzFor** should be **fizzBuzzFor**.