misc grammar and avoidance of abbreviations

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/_markdown.qmd b/_markdown.qmd
index 928adac..c2cfa9f 100644
--- a/_markdown.qmd
+++ b/_markdown.qmd
@@ -79,16 +79,16 @@ Syntax of `Block`, `Header` and `Paragraph`.
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 Reading order matters:
-The syntax diagrams should be read left-to-right and top-to-bottom,
-also at places with choice --
-e.g. the block type `Header` should be tried before `Paragraph`.
+The syntax diagrams should be read from left to right and top to bottom,
+including at points with choices --
+for example, the block type `Header` should be tried before `Paragraph`.
 Otherwise if `Paragraph` syntax was parsed first,
 then it would match both blocks
 because that block type begins with any words,
-including the characters defitive for the `Header` block type.
+including the characters definitive for the `Header` block type.
 In other words,
 these syntax diagrams do *not* represent the more common EBNF grammars
-but instead a parsing expression grammar [@Ford2004],
+but instead, a parsing expression grammar [@Ford2004],
 chosen because context-free grammars are unlikely
 to be able to cover Markdown
 [@MacFarlane2014].