Correcting int to short assignment explanation

Doc/Sd1/languageFundamentals.xml

@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ Decimal:512256128324</programlisting>
                   of 512, 256, 128, 32 and 4 yielding a value of 932. This
                   value subsequently gets transformed into the String
                   <code>"932"</code> in order to be compatible with the
-                  preceeding <code>"Decimal:"</code> string.</para>
+                  preceding <code>"Decimal:"</code> string.</para>
                 </callout>
               </calloutlist>
             </answer>
@@ -669,11 +669,11 @@ System.out.println("Maximum short value:" + maximum);
               literals. It does however not define <code>short</code> (or
               <code>byte</code>) literals.</para>
 
-              <para>Thus the sequence 0B01111111_11111111 will be treated as
-              an integer value which is compatible with a short and is thus
-              assignable.</para>
+              <para>Thus the 0B01111111_11111111 literal will be treated as an
+              <code>int</code> value being compatible with a
+              <code>short</code> variable and is thus assignable.</para>
 
-              <para>On the other hand the binary value
+              <para>On the contrary the binary value
               <code>10000000_00000000</code> evaluates to <inlineequation>
                   <m:math display="inline">
                     <m:msup>
@@ -682,16 +682,13 @@ System.out.println("Maximum short value:" + maximum);
                       <m:mi>15</m:mi>
                     </m:msup>
                   </m:math>
-                </inlineequation> (equal to 32768) and thus cannot be
-              <emphasis>generally</emphasis> assigned to a two-byte short
-              variable without loosing data.</para>
+                </inlineequation> (equal to 32768) exceeding a two-byte short
+              variable's upper limit.</para>
 
-              <para>Even worse: The expression
-              <code>0B10000000_00000000</code> is actually a four byte
-              <code>int</code> literal using <link
+              <para>Even worse: A <code>short</code> variable containing
+              binary <code>10000000_00000000</code> due to its two byte <link
               xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two's_complement#firstHeading">Two's
-              complement</link> representation. Thus its value is
-              <inlineequation>
+              complement</link> representation has got a value <inlineequation>
                   <m:math display="inline">
                     <m:mrow>
                       <m:mo>-</m:mo>
@@ -703,7 +700,7 @@ System.out.println("Maximum short value:" + maximum);
                       </m:msup>
                     </m:mrow>
                   </m:math>
-                </inlineequation> (equal to -32768).</para>
+                </inlineequation> (or -32768).</para>
 
               <para>In order to avoid this error we need an explicit type
               conversion (a so called cast):</para>
@@ -750,9 +747,12 @@ System.out.println("Maximum short value:" + maximum);
 
               <programlisting language="java">short minumum = -0B10000000_00000000;</programlisting>
 
-              <para>Both variants works syntactically but this is likely not
-              our programmer's intended value: The error in the first place is
-              probably the intention to assign a value of <inlineequation>
+              <para>Both variants are syntactically correct and will thus
+              compile. However they are likely not being intended by our
+              programmer.</para>
+
+              <para>The error in the first place is probably assigning a value
+              of <inlineequation>
                   <m:math display="inline">
                     <m:mrow>
                       <m:mo>+</m:mo>
@@ -764,8 +764,8 @@ System.out.println("Maximum short value:" + maximum);
                       </m:msup>
                     </m:mrow>
                   </m:math>
-                </inlineequation>to a variable of type
-              <code>short</code>.</para>
+                </inlineequation> to a <code>short</code> variable at
+              all.</para>
             </answer>
           </qandaentry>
         </qandadiv>
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ Seconds:31</programlisting>
                       <m:mo>]</m:mo>
                     </m:mrow>
                   </m:math>
-                </inlineequation>. </para>
+                </inlineequation>.</para>
 
               <para>Joe thinks of dividing long values by <inlineequation>
                   <m:math display="inline">