* then the initial sample value may be chosen equal to zero.
* However, we will not make this assumption. Instead, we apply
* the "big parameter" trick. Any variable x is then not directly
- * used in the tableau, but instead it its represented by another
+ * used in the tableau, but instead it is represented by another
* variable x' = M + x, where M is an arbitrarily large (positive)
* value. x' is therefore always non-negative, whatever the value of x.
* Taking as initial sample value x' = 0 corresponds to x = -M,