diff --git a/challenges/basic-javascript.json b/challenges/basic-javascript.json
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@@ -868,16 +868,16 @@
         "The most common type of JavaScript loop is called a \"for loop\" because it runs \"for\" a specific number of times.",
         "For loops are declared with three optional expressions seperated by semicolons:",
         "<code>for([initialization]; [condition]; [final-expression])</code>",
-        "The <code>initialization</code> statement is executed one time only before the loop starts. It is typically used to define and setup your loop varaible.",
-        "The <code>condition</code> statement is evaluated at the beginning of every loop and will continue as long as it evalutes <code>true</code>. When <code>condition</code> is <code>false</code> at the start of the loop, the loop will stop executing.  This means if <code>condition</code> starts as <code>false</code>, your loop will never execute.",
+        "The <code>initialization</code> statement is executed one time only before the loop starts. It is typically used to define and setup your loop variable.",
+        "The <code>condition</code> statement is evaluated at the beginning of every loop iteration and will continue as long as it evalutes to <code>true</code>. When <code>condition</code> is <code>false</code> at the start of the iteration, the loop will stop executing.  This means if <code>condition</code> starts as <code>false</code>, your loop will never execute.",
         "The <code>final-expression</code> is executed at the end of each loop iteration, prior to the next <code>condition</code> check and is usually used to increment or decrement your loop counter.",
-        "We'll initialize with <code>i = 0</code> and loop while our condition <code>i < 5</code> is true.  We'll increment <code>i</code> by 1 each loop with <code>i++</code> as our <code>final-expression</code>.",
+        "In the following example we initialize with <code>i = 0</code> and iterate while our condition <code>i < 5</code> is true.  We'll increment <code>i</code> by <code>1</code> in each loop iteration with <code>i++</code> as our <code>final-expression</code>.",
         "<code>var ourArray = [];</code>",
         "<code>for(var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {</code>",
         "<code>&thinsp;&thinsp;ourArray.push(i);</code>",
         "<code>}</code>",
-        "<code>ourArray</code> will now contain [0,1,2,3,4] ",
-        "Let's try getting a for loop to work by pushing values to an array."
+        "<code>ourArray</code> will now contain <code>[0,1,2,3,4]</code>.",
+        "Let's try getting a <code>for</code> loop to work by pushing values to an array."
       ],
       "tests": [
         "assert(editor.getValue().match(/for\\s*\\(/g).length > 1, 'message: You should be using a <code>for</code> loop for this.');",