# HG changeset patch
# User Carsten Grohmann <mail@carstengrohmann.de>
# Date 1589026918 -7200
#      Sat May 09 14:21:58 2020 +0200
# Node ID c803542156c5a88cf63b3c59d88c7aeadadb3725
# Parent  00c8bbbce3f4d3227913584f18ea92a4fcab8a16
Typos and rephrasing

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Simplify access to JSON structures by introduce a dotted access notation.
 
 The intended use case is to read JSON data once. The use is not limited to
-JSON data. All data in a top level dictionary can be accessed. Use
+JSON data. All data in a top-level dictionary can be accessed. Use
 dictionaries and lists to structure these data. The data - the leafs in this
 data tree - can be all kind of Python objects.
 
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 
 ## Installation
 No installation is necessary. Add the file `JsonDottedReadAccess.py` to
-your project and use it. Alternativly copy the whole directory and treat it as package.
+your project and use it. Alternatively copy the whole directory and treat it
+as package.
 
 ## Usage
 ### Convert JSON string to a Python object
@@ -77,8 +78,7 @@
 The individual elements are accessed via the description of the path, whereby
 the successive levels are connected by dots (".").
 
-Dictionary elements are accessed via keys and list elements via the numerical
-index.
+Access dictionary elements via keys and list elements via the numerical index.
 
 Access pattern:
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 non_existing_destrict = j.get("cities.Dresden.non-existing", 42)
 ```
 
-More examples are shown on the section "Examples"
+More examples are shown on the section "Examples".
 
 ## Examples
 ### Basic Example: Access JSON data
@@ -188,8 +188,7 @@
 
 The source code is at <https://sr.ht/~carstengrohmann/JsonDottedReadAccess>.
 
-Comments, suggestions and patches are welcome and appreciated. Please send me
-an email.
+Comments, suggestions and patches are welcome and appreciated. Please email me.
 
 ## License