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 ### Assignment with destructuring
 
-The left-hand side of can also be an assignment pattern. This allows assigning to multiple variables at once.
+The left-hand side can also be an assignment pattern. This allows assigning to multiple variables at once.
 
 ```js
 const result = /(a+)(b+)(c+)/.exec("aaabcc");