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 deallocation functions. Some global allocation and deallocation
 functions are replaceable\iref{term.replaceable.function}.
 The following allocation and deallocation functions\iref{support.dynamic}
-are implicitly declared in global scope in each translation unit of a
+are implicitly declared in the global scope in each translation unit of a
 program.
 
 \begin{codeblock}