diff --git a/README b/README
index 9cede98..52a9c52 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ so here we are.
 
                                Grammar
 
-This engine is not going to be strictly supporting any standard
-syntax; the expression syntax I intend to support follows.
+The engine does not support any specific standard's syntax, unless by
+coincidence.  The grammar I've implemented for expressions is:
 
 	regex ::= sequence ( '|' sequence )*
 	sequence ::= term+
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ syntax; the expression syntax I intend to support follows.
 
 The build uses CMake.  There are two scripts, build.sh and test.sh,
 which will (much to everybody's shock) build the project and run the
-tests.  I use Clang but the code is ISO C11, it should compile just
+tests.  I use Clang but the code is ISO C11 so it should compile just
 fine with GCC.  You might need to faff with CMakeLists.txt to get it
 to work with another compiler due to command-line flag nonsense.