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 \pnum
 For a single-object delete expression,
 the deleted object is
-the object denoted by the operand
-if its static type does not have a virtual destructor,
-and its most-derived object otherwise.
+the object $A$ pointed to by the operand
+if the static type of $A$ does not have a virtual destructor,
+and the most-derived object of $A$ otherwise.
 \begin{note}
 If the deallocation function is not a destroying operator delete
 and the deleted object is not the most derived object in the former case,