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 ## Parsing a String
 
-One of the more common types to convert a string into is a number. The idiomatic
-approach to this is to use the [`parse`] function and either to arrange for
-type inference or to specify the type to parse using the 'turbofish' syntax.
-Both alternatives are shown in the following example.
+It's useful to convert strings into many types, but one of the more common string
+operations is to convert them from string to number. The idiomatic approach to
+this is to use the [`parse`] function and either to arrange for type inference or
+to specify the type to parse using the 'turbofish' syntax. Both alternatives are
+shown in the following example.
 
 This will convert the string into the type specified as long as the [`FromStr`]
 trait is implemented for that type. This is implemented for numerous types