diff --git a/examples/axon/act.go b/examples/axon/act.go
index 494e3b4..2314507 100644
--- a/examples/axon/act.go
+++ b/examples/axon/act.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type SpikeParams struct {
 	// threshold value Theta (Q) for firing output activation (.5 is more accurate value based on AdEx biological parameters and normalization
 	Thr float32 `default:"0.5"`
 
-	// post-spiking membrane potential to reset to, produces refractory effect if lower than VmInit -- 0.3 is apropriate biologically-based value for AdEx (Brette & Gurstner, 2005) parameters.  See also RTau
+	// post-spiking membrane potential to reset to, produces refractory effect if lower than VmInit -- 0.3 is appropriate biologically based value for AdEx (Brette & Gurstner, 2005) parameters.  See also RTau
 	VmR float32 `default:"0.3"`
 
 	// post-spiking explicit refractory period, in cycles -- prevents Vm updating for this number of cycles post firing -- Vm is reduced in exponential steps over this period according to RTau, being fixed at Tr to VmR exactly
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ func (dp *DtParams) AvgVarUpdate(avg, vr *float32, val float32) {
 		del := val - *avg
 		incr := dp.LongAvgDt * del
 		*avg += incr
-		// following is magic exponentially-weighted incremental variance formula
+		// following is magic exponentially weighted incremental variance formula
 		// derived by Finch, 2009: Incremental calculation of weighted mean and variance
 		if *vr == 0 {
 			*vr = 2 * (1 - dp.LongAvgDt) * del * incr
diff --git a/slrand/slrand.go b/slrand/slrand.go
index d7dca2c..8f966eb 100644
--- a/slrand/slrand.go
+++ b/slrand/slrand.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func CounterAdd(counter *sltype.Uint2, inc uint32) {
 //   with more readable names, mapping onto the Go rand methods.
 //   These are what should be called by end-user code.
 
-// Uint2 returns two uniformly-distributed 32 unsigned integers,
+// Uint2 returns two uniformly distributed 32 unsigned integers,
 // based on given counter and key.
 // The counter is incremented by 1 (in a 64-bit equivalent manner)
 // as a result of this call, ensuring that the next call will produce
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func Uint2(counter *sltype.Uint2, key uint32) sltype.Uint2 {
 	return res
 }
 
-// Uint32 returns a uniformly-distributed 32 unsigned integer,
+// Uint32 returns a uniformly distributed 32 unsigned integer,
 // based on given counter and key.
 // The counter is incremented by 1 (in a 64-bit equivalent manner)
 // as a result of this call, ensuring that the next call will produce
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func Uint32(counter *sltype.Uint2, key uint32) uint32 {
 	return res.X
 }
 
-// Float2 returns two uniformly-distributed 32 floats
+// Float2 returns two uniformly distributed 32 floats
 // in range (0,1) based on given counter and key.
 // The counter is incremented by 1 (in a 64-bit equivalent manner)
 // as a result of this call, ensuring that the next call will produce
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func Float2(counter *sltype.Uint2, key uint32) sltype.Float2 {
 	return Uint2ToFloat(Uint2(counter, key))
 }
 
-// Float returns a uniformly-distributed 32 float
+// Float returns a uniformly distributed 32 float
 // in range (0,1) based on given counter and key.
 // The counter is incremented by 1 (in a 64-bit equivalent manner)
 // as a result of this call, ensuring that the next call will produce
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func Float(counter *sltype.Uint2, key uint32) float32 {
 	return Uint32ToFloat(Uint32(counter, key))
 }
 
-// Float112 returns two uniformly-distributed 32 floats
+// Float112 returns two uniformly distributed 32 floats
 // in range [-1,1] based on given counter and key.
 // The counter is incremented by 1 (in a 64-bit equivalent manner)
 // as a result of this call, ensuring that the next call will produce
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func Float112(counter *sltype.Uint2, key uint32) sltype.Float2 {
 	return Uint2ToFloat11(Uint2(counter, key))
 }
 
-// Float11 returns a uniformly-distributed 32 float
+// Float11 returns a uniformly distributed 32 float
 // in range [-1,1] based on given counter and key.
 // The counter is incremented by 1 (in a 64-bit equivalent manner)
 // as a result of this call, ensuring that the next call will produce
diff --git a/slrand/slrand.hlsl b/slrand/slrand.hlsl
index d8fe178..d5e6b9f 100644
--- a/slrand/slrand.hlsl
+++ b/slrand/slrand.hlsl
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void CounterAdd(inout uint2 counter, uint inc) {
 //   with more readable names, mapping onto the Go rand methods.
 //   These are what should be called by end-user code.
 
-// RandUint2 returns two uniformly-distributed 32 unsigned integers,
+// RandUint2 returns two uniformly distributed 32 unsigned integers,
 // based on given counter and key.
 // The counter is incremented by 1 (in a 64-bit equivalent manner)
 // as a result of this call, ensuring that the next call will produce
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ uint2 RandUint2(inout uint2 counter, uint key) {
 	return res;
 }
 
-// RandUint returns a uniformly-distributed 32 unsigned integer,
+// RandUint returns a uniformly distributed 32 unsigned integer,
 // based on given counter and key.
 // The counter is incremented by 1 (in a 64-bit equivalent manner)
 // as a result of this call, ensuring that the next call will produce
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ uint RandUint(inout uint2 counter, uint key) {
 	return res.x;
 }
 
-// RandFloat2 returns two uniformly-distributed 32 floats
+// RandFloat2 returns two uniformly distributed 32 floats
 // in range (0,1) based on given counter and key.
 // The counter is incremented by 1 (in a 64-bit equivalent manner)
 // as a result of this call, ensuring that the next call will produce
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ float2 RandFloat2(inout uint2 counter, uint key) {
 	return Uint2ToFloat(RandUint2(counter, key));
 }
 
-// RandFloat returns a uniformly-distributed 32 float
+// RandFloat returns a uniformly distributed 32 float
 // in range (0,1) based on given counter and key.
 // The counter is incremented by 1 (in a 64-bit equivalent manner)
 // as a result of this call, ensuring that the next call will produce
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ float RandFloat(inout uint2 counter, uint key) {
 	return UintToFloat(RandUint(counter, key));
 }
 
-// RandFloat112 returns two uniformly-distributed 32 floats
+// RandFloat112 returns two uniformly distributed 32 floats
 // in range [-1,1] based on given counter and key.
 // The counter is incremented by 1 (in a 64-bit equivalent manner)
 // as a result of this call, ensuring that the next call will produce
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ float2 RandFloat112(inout uint2 counter, uint key) {
 	return Uint2ToFloat11(RandUint2(counter, key));
 }
 
-// RandFloat11 returns a uniformly-distributed 32 float
+// RandFloat11 returns a uniformly distributed 32 float
 // in range [-1..1] based on given counter and key.
 // The counter is incremented by 1 (in a 64-bit equivalent manner)
 // as a result of this call, ensuring that the next call will produce