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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Textual is a TUI (Text User Interface) framework for Python inspired by modern web development. Currently a work in progress, but usable by brave souls who don't mind some API instability between updates.
 
-Textual will be eventually be cross platform, but for now it is MacOS / Linux only. Windows support is in the pipeline.
+Textual will eventually be cross platform, but for now it is MacOS / Linux only. Windows support is in the pipeline.
 
 Follow [@willmcgugan](https://twitter.com/willmcgugan) for progress updates, or post in Discussions if you have any requests / suggestions.
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ poetry install
 
 ## Examples
 
-Until I've written the documentation, the [examples](https://github.com/willmcgugan/textual/tree/main/examples/) may the best way to learn Textual.
+Until I've written the documentation, the [examples](https://github.com/willmcgugan/textual/tree/main/examples/) may be the best way to learn Textual.
 
 - [animation.py](https://github.com/willmcgugan/textual/tree/main/examples/animation.py) Demonstration of 60fps animation easing function
 - [calculator.py](https://github.com/willmcgugan/textual/tree/main/examples/calculator.py) A "clone" of the MacOS calculator using Grid layout
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ class Beeper(App):
 Beeper.run()
 ```
 
-Here we can see a textual app with a single `on_key` method which will receive key events. Any key event will result in playing a beep noise. Hit ctrl+C to exit.
+Here we can see a textual app with a single `on_key` method which will receive key events. Any key event will result in playing a beep noise. Hit Ctrl+C to exit.
 
 Event handlers in Textual are defined by convention, not by inheritance (so you won't find an `on_key` method in the base class). Each event has a `name` attribute which for the key event is simply `"key"`. Textual will call the method named `on_<event.name>` if it exists.
 
-Lets look at a _slightly_ more interesting example:
+Let's look at a _slightly_ more interesting example:
 
 ```python
 from textual.app import App
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ The following line is similar:
 await self.view.dock(Placeholder(), Placeholder(), edge="top")
 ```
 
-You will notice that this time we are docking _two_ Placeholder objects on _the_ top edge. We haven't set an explicit size this time so Textual will divide the remaining size amongst the two new widgets.
+You will notice that this time we are docking _two_ Placeholder objects onto the `"top"` edge. We haven't set an explicit size this time so Textual will divide the remaining size amongst the two new widgets.
 
 The last line calls the `run` class method in the usual way, but with an argument we haven't seen before: `log="textual.log"` tells Textual to write log information to the given file. You can tail textual.log to see the events being processed and other debug information.
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ The dock layout feature is good enough for most purposes. For more sophisticated
 
 You can create your own widgets by subclassing the `textual.widget.Widget` class and implementing a `render()` method which should return anything that can be rendered with [Rich](https://rich.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html), including a plain string which will be interpreted as [console markup](https://rich.readthedocs.io/en/latest/markup.html).
 
-Lets look at an example with a custom widget:
+Let's look at an example with a custom widget:
 
 ```python
 from rich.panel import Panel
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class HoverApp(App):
 HoverApp.run(log="textual.log")
 ```
 
-The `Hover` class is a custom widget which displays a panel containing the classic text "Hello World". The first lin ein the Hover class may seem a little mysterious at this point:
+The `Hover` class is a custom widget which displays a panel containing the classic text "Hello World". The first line in the Hover class may seem a little mysterious at this point:
 
 ```python
 mouse_over: Reactive[bool] = Reactive(False)
@@ -321,6 +321,6 @@ Added a new layout system modelled on CSS grid. The example demonstrates how onc
 
 **6 Aug 2021**
 
-Added a tree control and refactored the renderer to allow for widgets within a scrollable veiew
+Added a tree control and refactored the renderer to allow for widgets within a scrollable view
 
 [![Textual update 8](https://yt-embed.herokuapp.com/embed?v=J-dzzD6NQJ4&img=0)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-dzzD6NQJ4)