diff --git a/src/core/gossamer-core.scala b/src/core/gossamer-core.scala
index b41cfb3..949e6d3 100644
--- a/src/core/gossamer-core.scala
+++ b/src/core/gossamer-core.scala
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ extension [TextType: Textual](text: TextType)
   inline def superscript: TextType = TextType.map(text, hieroglyph.superscript(_).or(' '))
 
 package proximityMeasures:
-  given Proximity as jaroDistance = (left, right) =>
+  given jaroDistance: Proximity = (left, right) =>
    if left == right then 1.0 else
      val maxDist: Int = left.length.max(right.length)/2 - 1
      val found1 = new scm.BitSet(left.length)
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ package proximityMeasures:
      else (matches.toDouble/left.length + matches.toDouble/right.length +
          (matches - count/2.0)/matches)/3
 
-  given Proximity as prefixMatch = (left, right) =>
+  given prefixMatch: Proximity = (left, right) =>
     val limit = left.length.min(right.length)
 
     def recur(index: Int = 0): Int = if index >= limit then index else
@@ -340,12 +340,12 @@ package proximityMeasures:
 
     recur()
 
-  given Proximity as jaroWinklerDistance = (left, right) =>
+  given jaroWinklerDistance: Proximity = (left, right) =>
     val scale = 0.1
     val distance = jaroDistance.distance(left, right)
     distance + scale*prefixMatch.distance(left, right).min(4.0)*(1.0 - distance)
 
-  given Proximity as levenshteinDistance = (left, right) =>
+  given levenshteinDistance: Proximity = (left, right) =>
     val m = left.s.length
     val n = right.length
     val old = new Array[Int](n + 1)
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ package proximityMeasures:
 
     dist(n)
 
-  given Proximity as normalizedLevenshteinDistance = (left, right) =>
+  given normalizedLevenshteinDistance: Proximity = (left, right) =>
     levenshteinDistance.distance(left, right)/left.length.max(right.length)
 
 extension (text: into Text)
@@ -410,18 +410,18 @@ extension (buf: StringBuilder)
   def text: Text = buf.toString.tt
 
 package decimalFormatters:
-  given DecimalConverter as java:
+  given java: DecimalConverter:
     def decimalize(double: Double): Text = double.toString.tt
 
 package enumIdentification:
-  given [EnumType <: reflect.Enum] => EnumType is Identifiable as kebabCase =
+  given kebabCase: [EnumType <: reflect.Enum] => EnumType is Identifiable =
     Identifiable(_.uncamel.kebab, _.unkebab.pascal)
 
-  given [EnumType <: reflect.Enum] => EnumType is Identifiable as snakeCase =
+  given snakeCase: [EnumType <: reflect.Enum] => EnumType is Identifiable =
     Identifiable(_.uncamel.snake, _.unsnake.pascal)
 
-  given [EnumType <: reflect.Enum] => EnumType is Identifiable as pascalCase =
+  given pascalCase: [EnumType <: reflect.Enum] => EnumType is Identifiable =
     Identifiable(identity(_), identity(_))
 
-  given [EnumType <: reflect.Enum] => EnumType is Identifiable as camelCase =
+  given camelCase: [EnumType <: reflect.Enum] => EnumType is Identifiable =
     Identifiable(_.uncamel.camel, _.unsnake.pascal)
diff --git a/src/core/gossamer.Cuttable.scala b/src/core/gossamer.Cuttable.scala
index cdff7b0..0cd23b0 100644
--- a/src/core/gossamer.Cuttable.scala
+++ b/src/core/gossamer.Cuttable.scala
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ object Cuttable:
   given Text is Cuttable by Regex = (text, regex, limit) =>
     text.s.split(regex.pattern.s, limit).nn.map(_.nn.tt).to(List)
 
-  given [TextType](using cuttable: TextType is Cuttable by Text) => TextType is Cuttable by Char =
+  given [TextType] => (cuttable: TextType is Cuttable by Text) => TextType is Cuttable by Char =
     (text, delimiter, limit) =>
       cuttable.cut(text, delimiter.toString.tt, limit)
 
diff --git a/src/core/gossamer.Presentational.scala b/src/core/gossamer.Presentational.scala
index 6088c2d..13971ea 100644
--- a/src/core/gossamer.Presentational.scala
+++ b/src/core/gossamer.Presentational.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import vacuous.*
 import language.experimental.captureChecking
 
 object Presentational:
-  given Text is Textual as text:
+  given text: Text is Textual:
     type Show[ValueType] = ValueType is spectacular.Showable
     val classTag: ClassTag[Text] = summon[ClassTag[Text]]
     def show[ValueType](value: ValueType)(using show: Show[ValueType]): Text = show.text(value)
diff --git a/src/test/gossamer.Tests.scala b/src/test/gossamer.Tests.scala
index 3cf0f42..4ad904a 100644
--- a/src/test/gossamer.Tests.scala
+++ b/src/test/gossamer.Tests.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import anticipation.*
 import contingency.*
 import denominative.*
 import hieroglyph.{lower as _, upper as _, *}, charEncoders.utf8, textMetrics.uniform
-import larceny.*
+//import larceny.*
 import probably.*
 import rudiments.{where as _, *}
 import spectacular.*
@@ -531,12 +531,12 @@ object Tests extends Suite(t"Gossamer Tests"):
 
       . assert(_ == t"HELLO")
 
-    suite(t"Compile errors"):
+    /*suite(t"Compile errors"):
       test(t"Check that Text and String are incompatible"):
         demilitarize:
           val x: String = Text("text")
 
-      . assert(_.head.id == CompileErrorId.TypeMismatch)
+      . assert(_.head.id == CompileErrorId.TypeMismatch)*/
 
     suite(t"Decimalization tests"):
       test(t"Write negative pi"):