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@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/weaveworks/scope?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/weaveworks/scope)
 
 Weave Scope automatically generates a map of your application, enabling you to
-intuitively understand, monitor, and control your containerized, microservices based application.
+intuitively understand, monitor, and control your containerized, microservices-based application.
 
-### Understand your Docker containers in real-time
+### Understand your Docker containers in real time
 
 <img src="imgs/topology.png" width="200" alt="Map you architecture" align="right">
 
@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@ Choose an overview of your container infrastructure, or focus on a specific micr
 
 <img src="imgs/selected.png" width="200" alt="Focus on a single container" align="right">
 
-View contextual metrics, tags and metadata for your containers.  Effortlessly navigate between processes inside your container to hosts your containers run on, arranged in expandable, sortable tables.  Easily find the container using the most CPU or memory for a given host or service.
+View contextual metrics, tags, and metadata for your containers.  Effortlessly navigate between processes inside your container to hosts your containers run on, arranged in expandable, sortable tables.  Easily find the container using the most CPU or memory for a given host or service.
 
 ### Interact with and manage containers
 
 <img src="imgs/terminals.png" width="200" alt="Launch a command line." align="right">
 
-Interact with your containers directly: pause, restart and stop containers. Launch a command line. All without leaving the scope browser window.
+Interact with your containers directly: pause, restart, and stop containers. Launch a command line. All without leaving the scope browser window.
 
 ### Extend and customize via plugins
 
-Add custom details or interactions for your hosts, containers and/or processes by creating Scope plugins; or just choose from some that others have already written at the Github [Weaveworks Scope Plugins](https://github.com/weaveworks-plugins/) organization.
+Add custom details or interactions for your hosts, containers, and/or processes by creating Scope plugins. Or, just choose from some that others have already written at the GitHub [Weaveworks Scope Plugins](https://github.com/weaveworks-plugins/) organization.
 
-## <a name="getting-started"></a>Getting started
+## <a name="getting-started"></a>Getting Started
 
 ```console
 sudo curl -L git.io/scope -o /usr/local/bin/scope
@@ -44,18 +44,18 @@ This script downloads and runs a recent Scope image from Docker Hub.
 Now, open your web browser to **http://localhost:4040**. (If you're using
 boot2docker, replace localhost with the output of `boot2docker ip`.)
 
-For instructions on installing Scope on [Kubernetes](https://www.weave.works/docs/scope/latest/installing/#k8s), [DCOS](https://www.weave.works/docs/scope/latest/installing/#dcos) or [ECS](https://www.weave.works/docs/scope/latest/installing/#ecs), see [the docs](https://www.weave.works/docs/scope/latest/introducing/).
+For instructions on installing Scope on [Kubernetes](https://www.weave.works/docs/scope/latest/installing/#k8s), [DCOS](https://www.weave.works/docs/scope/latest/installing/#dcos), or [ECS](https://www.weave.works/docs/scope/latest/installing/#ecs), see [the docs](https://www.weave.works/docs/scope/latest/introducing/).
 
-## <a name="help"></a>Getting help
+## <a name="help"></a>Getting Help
 
-If you have any questions about, feedback for or problems with Scope:
+If you have any questions, feedback, or problems with Scope:
 
 - Read [the Weave Scope docs](https://www.weave.works/docs/scope/latest/introducing/).
-- Invite yourself to the <a href="https://weaveworks.github.io/community-slack/" target="_blank">Weave community</a> slack.
-- Ask a question on the [#scope](https://weave-community.slack.com/messages/scope/) slack channel.
+- Invite yourself to the <a href="https://weaveworks.github.io/community-slack/" target="_blank">Weave community</a> Slack.
+- Ask a question on the [#scope](https://weave-community.slack.com/messages/scope/) Slack channel.
 - Join the [Weave User Group](https://www.meetup.com/pro/Weave/) and get invited to online talks, hands-on training and meetups in your area.
 - Send an email to [Scope community group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/scope-community).
 - Join (and read up on) the regular [Scope community meetings](https://docs.google.com/document/d/103_60TuEkfkhz_h2krrPJH8QOx-vRnPpbcCZqrddE1s/edit).
 - [File an issue](https://github.com/weaveworks/scope/issues/new).
 
-Your feedback is always welcome!
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+Your feedback is always welcome!