diff --git a/_overviews/tutorials/scala-for-java-programmers.md b/_overviews/tutorials/scala-for-java-programmers.md
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+++ b/_overviews/tutorials/scala-for-java-programmers.md
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ Note that in order to print the string, we used the predefined method
 #### Anonymous functions
 
 In Scala, lambda expressions are known as anonymous functions.
-They are useful when a function so short it is perhaps unneccesary
+They are useful when functions are so short it is perhaps unneccesary
 to give them a name.
 
 Here is a revised version of the timer