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@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ of <strong>geth</strong>, and the <a href="#executables">Ethereum toolset</a>.
 <p>
 Ethereum's publicly available network can be accessed by anyone at any
 time, freely without any cost. It can serve as a backbone for
-any open or closed sourced project that requires (but not necessarily)
-the rebustnes of free public peer to peer networks with a consesus
+any open or closed sourced project that may require 
+the robustness of free, public peer-to-peer networks with a consensus
 backing layer.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Ethereum may also (freely) be run in a private (corporate) environment
-without any cost, all core source is licensed under the <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/COPYING.md">LGPL</a>
+Ethereum may also be run in a private environment, such as for use within a corporate network,
+without any cost. All core source is licensed under the <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/COPYING.md">LGPL</a>
 and all frontend code is licensed under <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/COPYING.LESSER.md">GPL</a>.
 </p>
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ For more information about the Ethereum protocol refer to the <a href="http://et
 
 <h1><a id="getting-startid" class="anchor" href="#getting-started" aria-hidden="true"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Getting started</h1>
 
-Getting started with ethereum is simple, the only thing you require is the geth
+Getting started with Ethereum is simple, the only thing you require is the <code>geth</code>
 binary.
 
 Please refer to the <a href="getting_started.html">developer</a> documentation
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ for a beginner tutorial on how to get started with the Go Ethereum API.
 
 <h1><a id="development-binaries" class="anchor" href=#development-binaries" aria-hidden="true"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Development builds</h1>
 
-<p>The following builds are build automatically by our build servers after each push to the <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/develop">develop</a> branch.</p>
+<p>The following builds are built automatically after each push to the <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/develop">develop</a> branch.</p>
 
 <ul>
 <li><a href="https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/ethereum/client-go/">Docker</a></li>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ for a beginner tutorial on how to get started with the Go Ethereum API.
 <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Building-Ethereum">Installation Instructions</a>
 on the wiki.</p>
 
-<p>Building geth requires two external dependencies, Go and GMP.
+<p>Building geth requires two external dependencies: Go and GMP.
 You can install them using your favourite package manager.
 Once the dependencies are installed, run</p>
 
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ Once the dependencies are installed, run</p>
 <a id="contribution" class="anchor" href="#contribution" aria-hidden="true"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Contribution</h1>
 
 <p>If you'd like to contribute to go-ethereum please fork, fix, commit and
-send a pull request. Commits who do not comply with the coding standards
-are ignored (use gofmt!). If you send pull requests make absolute sure that you
+send a pull request. Commits that do not comply with the coding standards
+are ignored (use gofmt!). If you send pull requests, make absolute sure that you
 commit on the <code>develop</code> branch and that you do not merge to master.
 Commits that are directly based on master are simply ignored.</p>