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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ using commodity hosting hardware. Each of these people can connect with any
 other supported network anywhere in the world and share photos, links, 
 status updates, whatever. 
 
-But maybe you don't want to be connect to the world. That's OK too. Mistpark 
+But maybe you don't want to be connected to the world. That's OK too. Mistpark 
 may also be closed off from the global community and used to support
 social networking amongst corporate, educational, religious, and other private
 communities. This makes it an excellent choice for the social networking needs
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ Every person on Mistpark has unlimited profiles available to them. There is a
 "public profile" which can be seen by anybody. Additional profiles may be 
 tailored to specific groups or individuals.
 
-Groups may be setup for closed conversations. In this way your conversations
-with one group of friends is completely isolated from other friends or groups 
-of friends. 
+Groups may be created and used for closed conversations. In this way your 
+conversations with one group of friends is completely isolated from other 
+friends or groups of friends. 
 
 Please see http://mistpark.com for more information.