From 8d5d707cc1b7ca5461f628bde1e59e0c2096a771 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay Prakash Kalia <jaykalia047@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2023 02:39:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md (#25435)

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 README.md | 10 +++++-----
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 [releases]: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases
 [crowdin]: https://crowdin.com/project/mastodon
 
-Mastodon is a **free, open-source social network server** based on ActivityPub where users can follow friends and discover new ones. On Mastodon, users can publish anything they want: links, pictures, text, video. All Mastodon servers are interoperable as a federated network (users on one server can seamlessly communicate with users from another one, including non-Mastodon software that implements ActivityPub!)
+Mastodon is a **free, open-source social network server** based on ActivityPub where users can follow friends and discover new ones. On Mastodon, users can publish anything they want: links, pictures, text, and video. All Mastodon servers are interoperable as a federated network (users on one server can seamlessly communicate with users from another one, including non-Mastodon software that implements ActivityPub!)
 
 Click below to **learn more** in a video:
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Upload and view images and WebM/MP4 videos attached to the updates. Videos with
 
 ### Safety and moderation tools
 
-Mastodon includes private posts, locked accounts, phrase filtering, muting, blocking and all sorts of other features, along with a reporting and moderation system. [Learn more](https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/cage-the-mastodon/)
+Mastodon includes private posts, locked accounts, phrase filtering, muting, blocking, and all sorts of other features, along with a reporting and moderation system. [Learn more](https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/cage-the-mastodon/)
 
 ### OAuth2 and a straightforward REST API
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Mastodon acts as an OAuth2 provider, so 3rd party apps can use the REST and Stre
 
 The repository includes deployment configurations for **Docker and docker-compose** as well as specific platforms like **Heroku**, **Scalingo**, and **Nanobox**. For Helm charts, reference the [mastodon/chart repository](https://github.com/mastodon/chart). The [**standalone** installation guide](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/install/) is available in the documentation.
 
-A **Vagrant** configuration is included for development purposes. To use it, complete following steps:
+A **Vagrant** configuration is included for development purposes. To use it, complete the following steps:
 
 - Install Vagrant and Virtualbox
 - Install the `vagrant-hostsupdater` plugin: `vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostsupdater`
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ To get started, create a codespace for this repository by clicking this 👇
 
 [![Open in GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/codespaces/badge.svg)](https://github.com/codespaces/new?hide_repo_select=true&ref=main&repo=52281283)
 
-A codespace will open in a web-based version of Visual Studio Code. The [dev container](.devcontainer/devcontainer.json) is fully configured with software needed for this project.
+A codespace will open in a web-based version of Visual Studio Code. The [dev container](.devcontainer/devcontainer.json) is fully configured with the software needed for this project.
 
-**Note**: Dev containers is an open spec which is supported by [GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/codespaces) and [other tools](https://containers.dev/supporting).
+**Note**: Dev containers are an open spec that is supported by [GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/codespaces) and [other tools](https://containers.dev/supporting).
 
 ## Contributing