diff --git a/README b/README
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@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 NOTE: THIS WILL NOT COMPILE. DO NOT EVEN TRY.
 
-This is only here for historical reasons while we are busy puting togetehr a
+This is only here for historical reasons while we are busy putting together a
 new codebase (outside of CVS for now). It will come into CVS just as soon as
-it is sufficiently functional enough to manag windows at the most basic
-level. It already has a lot of functionality, but this is not "good enough"
-to hit CVS yet.
+it is sufficiently functional enough to manage windows at the most basic
+level. It already has a lot of functionality, but this is not considered 
+"good enough" to hit CVS yet.
 
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