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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ already using tools like Git and Markdown processing as part of your writing
 workflow (or are looking to start) and want some basic statistics about your
 novel as you're writing it.
 
-novel-stats fairly particular about the format of the novel, and doesn't
+novel-stats is fairly particular about the format of the novel and doesn't
 currently include much in the way of error checking. Word counts may not be
 exact.
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ sense for your writing workflow.
 ### Acts
 
 Acts are an optional feature that let you indicate certain chapters as part of
-a particular act number, and then get word count totals for each act. This is
+a particular act number and then get word count totals for each act. This is
 useful for keeping an eye on how big your acts are in relation to one another.
 
 Example: