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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Contributing
 
-Interested in contributing to the Material for MkDocs? Want to report a bug?
-Have a question? Before you do, please read the following guidelines.
+Interested in contributing to the Material for MkDocs? Have a question? Want to report a bug? Before you do, please read the following guidelines.
 
 ## Submission context
 
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ a Pull Request with a fix. However, before doing so, please read the
 
 You can request a new feature by submitting an issue to our GitHub Repository.
 If you would like to implement a new feature, please submit an issue with a
-proposal for your work first, to be sure that it is of use for everyone, as
+proposal for your work first to be sure that it is of use to everyone, as
 Material for MkDocs is highly opinionated. Please consider what kind of change
 it is:
 
@@ -42,11 +41,11 @@ it is:
 
 ### Missing translations?
 
-Material for MkDocs ships support for 50+ languages with the help of community
+Material for MkDocs supports 50+ languages with the help of community
 contributions. When new features are added, sometimes, new translations are
 necessary as well. It's impossible for the maintainers of the project to update
 all translations (we just don't speak 50+ languages), so we have to rely on
-our contributors to incrementally update translations. This process is pretty
+our contributors to update translations incrementally. This process is pretty
 simple, so if you find a translation missing in your language, follow these
 guidelines:
 
@@ -58,14 +57,14 @@ guidelines:
     translations that are different from the defaults, e.g. if your language
     is left-to-right, don't add the `direction` translation, as English is
     left-to-right as well. The following translations are for technical
-    purposes, and should not be updated, so if they're missing from your
-    language it's for good reason:
+    purposes and should not be updated, so if they're missing from your
+    language, it's for good reason:
 
     - `search.config.lang`
     - `search.config.pipeline`
     - `search.config.separator`
 
-1.  Create a PR (see below) with your changes.
+3.  Create a PR (see below) with your changes.
 
   [translation file for your language]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/tree/master/src/partials/languages
   [English translations]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/tree/master/src/partials/languages/en.html
@@ -75,16 +74,16 @@ guidelines:
 ### Submitting an issue
 
 Before you submit an issue, please search the issue tracker, maybe an issue for
-your problem already exists and the discussion might inform you of workarounds
+your problem already exists, and the discussion might inform you of workarounds
 readily available.
 
-We want to fix all the issues as soon as possible, but before fixing a bug we
-need to reproduce and confirm it. In order to reproduce bugs we will
+We want to fix all the issues as soon as possible, but before fixing a bug, we
+need to reproduce and confirm it. In order to reproduce bugs, we will
 systematically ask you to provide a minimal reproduction scenario using the
 custom issue template. Please stick to the issue template.
 
-Unfortunately we are not able to investigate / fix bugs without a minimal
-reproduction scenario, so if we don't hear back from you we may close the issue.
+Unfortunately, we are not able to investigate / fix bugs without a minimal
+reproduction scenario, so if we don't hear back from you, we may close the issue.
 
 ### Submitting a Pull Request (PR)
 
@@ -96,9 +95,9 @@ go ahead.
     make your changes in a separate git branch and add descriptive messages to
     your commits.
 
-2.  **Build**: Before submitting a pull requests, [build the theme]. This is
-    a mandatory requirement for your PR to get accepted, as the theme should at
-    all times be installable through GitHub.
+2.  **Build**: Before submitting a pull request, [build the theme]. This is
+    a mandatory requirement for your PR to get accepted, as the theme should be installable through GitHub at
+    all times.
 
 3.  **Pull Request**: After building the theme, commit the compiled output,
     push your branch to GitHub and send a PR to `mkdocs-material:master`. If we