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diff --git a/prolog/problems/sorting/sins_3/en.py b/prolog/problems/sorting/sins_3/en.py
index 0bf7483..4194ad0 100644
--- a/prolog/problems/sorting/sins_3/en.py
+++ b/prolog/problems/sorting/sins_3/en.py
@@ -10,4 +10,96 @@ description = '''\
   L = [1,2,3,3,4].
 </pre>'''
 
-hint = {}
+plan = ['''\
+<p>For starters, let's remember that we're inserting into a <em>sorted</em> list. Let's go through the list,
+element by element, until we find a proper place for the new element.</p>
+''', '''\
+<p>Step by step you compare the new element with the list's current head. The heads will be increasing in
+value as the list is sorted. Which means that at some point the new element will become smaller than the
+current head, right?</p>
+''', '''\
+<p>If the new element <code>X</code> is larger than the current head <code>H</code>, then we insert it
+somewhere in the tail -- this will be taken care of by the recursion, as always, right? And if it's not larger,
+then we found the proper place for the new element and we insert it now <em>in front of</em> the current
+head <code>H</code>! You know how to put two elements before the tail at the same time, right? (It's the
+same as taking two elements out.)</p>
+''']
+
+hint = {
+    'eq_instead_of_equ': '''\
+<p>The operator <code>==</code> is "stricter" than operator <code>=</code> in the sense that
+for the latter it is enough to be able to make the two operands equal (unification).</p>
+<p>Of course, you can also solve the exercise without explicit use of either of these two operators, just
+remember that unification is implicitly performed with the predicate's arguments (head of clause).</p>
+''',
+
+    'eq_instead_of_equ_markup': '''\
+<p>Perhaps the operator for unification (<code>=</code>) would be better?</p>
+''',
+
+    'base_case': '''\
+<p>Did you think of a base case? This will probably be the case when you (finally) insert a new element
+into the list.</p>
+''',
+
+    'recursive_case': '''\
+<p>The base case is ok. However, what about the general recursive case?</p>
+''',
+
+    'predicate_always_false': '''\
+<p>It seems your predicate is <em>always</em> "false". Did you give it the correct name,
+or is it perhaps misspelled?</p>
+<p>If the name is correct, check whether something else is misspelled, perhaps there is a full stop instead of
+a comma or vice versa, or maybe you typed a variable name in lowercase?</p>
+<p>It is, of course, also possible that your conditions are too restrictive, or even impossible to satisfy
+(as would be, for example, the condition that <code>X</code> is <em>simultaneously</em> smaller and greater than
+<code>Y</code>, or something similarly impossible).</p>
+''',
+
+    'timeout': '''\
+<p>Is there an infinite recursion at work here? How will it ever stop?</p>
+<p>Or perhaps is there a missing, faulty, or simply incompatible (with the general recursive case) base case?</p>
+''',
+
+    'bad_[]_case': '''\
+<p>What's the result of inserting an element into an empty list? Surely not an empty list or even an
+arbitrary result (a variable without an assigned value)?</p>
+''',
+
+    'returns_elem_instead_of_list': '''\
+<p>You have to return a <em>list</em>, not an element.</p>
+''',
+
+    'maxEl_base_case_missing': '''\
+<p>The solution is almost correct. But you probably forgot one specific case. What happens if you're trying
+to insert a new largest element into the list? Try the following query.</p>
+<p><code>?- sins(9, [1,2,3,4,5], L).</code></p>
+''',
+
+    'x_and_head_swapped': '''\
+<p>Hmmm, what should be the ordering of the new element and the current head of the list?</p>
+<p><code>?- sins(3, [1,2,4,5,6], L).</code></p>
+''',
+
+    'duplicates_incorrect': '''\
+<p>Did you forget that duplicates are also allowed? The first query below works fine, the other one doesn't.</p>
+<p><code>?- sins(3, [1,2,4,5,6], L).</code></p>
+<p><code>?- sins(3, [1,2,3,4,5], L).</code></p>
+''',
+
+    'unprotected_branch': '''\
+<p>Did you "protect" (with a condition) both options (branches)? Be careful, if one branch doesn't have a
+condition, the first solution returned will probably be correct, but it will leave the door open for other
+solutions which will not be correct. The semicolon stands for logical OR, not logical XOR. This means that
+prolog can still search for solutions in the other branch even if the first branch's condition is satisfied!
+That's why you need both conditions.</p>
+<p>Try the following query and ask for <em>more</em> solutions.</p>
+<p><code>?- sins(3, [1,2,4,5,6], L).</code></p>
+''',
+
+    'forgotten_heads': '''\
+<p>Did you forget to return the heads, removed before the recursion, into the list? I did that, too... ;)</p>
+<p>Look what happens with the query below and you'll immediately understand the error.</p>
+<p><code>?- sins(4, [1,2,3,5,6], L).</code></p>
+''',
+}