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@@ -11,22 +11,22 @@ There are two main pipelines:
 
 and the daemons which automatically start these pipelines.
 
-Processing is performed as a appropriate for the entire run, for each lane in
-the sequencing flowcell, or each tagged library (within a pool on the flowcell).
+Processing is performed as appropriate for the entire run, for each lane in the
+sequencing flowcell, or each tagged library (within a pool on the flowcell).
 
 ## Batch Processing and Dependency Tracking with LSF or wr
 
-With this system, all of a pipeline's job for its steps are submitted for
+With this system, all of a pipeline's jobs for its steps are submitted for
 execution to the LSF, or wr, batch/job processing system as the pipeline is
-initialised. As such, a _submitted_ pipeline does not have a orchestration
+initialised. As such, a _submitted_ pipeline does not have an orchestration
 script or daemon running: managing the runtime dependencies of jobs within an
 instance of a pipeline is delegated to the batch/job processing system.
 
 How is this done? The job representing the start point of a graph is submitted
 to LSF, or wr, in a suspended state and is resumed once all other jobs have been
 submitted thus ensuring that the execution starts only if all steps are
-successfully submitted to LSF, or wr. If an error occurs at any point, all
-submitted jobs, apart from the start job, are killed.
+successfully submitted to LSF, or wr. If an error occurs at any point during job
+submission, all submitted jobs, apart from the start job, are killed.
 
 ## Pipeline Creation