diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 56f971a4..fc3d20e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 - Probably the world's most popular code for sending email from PHP!
 - Used by many open-source projects: WordPress, Drupal, 1CRM, SugarCRM, Yii, Joomla! and many more
 - Integrated SMTP support – send without a local mail server
-- Send emails with multiple To, CC, BCC and Reply-to addresses
+- Send emails with multiple To, CC, BCC, and Reply-to addresses
 - Multipart/alternative emails for mail clients that do not read HTML email
 - Add attachments, including inline
 - Support for UTF-8 content and 8bit, base64, binary, and quoted-printable encodings
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The PHP `mail()` function usually sends via a local mail server, typically front
 
 *Please* don't be tempted to do it yourself – if you don't use PHPMailer, there are many other excellent libraries that
 you should look at before rolling your own. Try [SwiftMailer](https://swiftmailer.symfony.com/)
-, [Laminas/Mail](https://docs.laminas.dev/laminas-mail/), [ZetaComponents](https://github.com/zetacomponents/Mail) etc.
+, [Laminas/Mail](https://docs.laminas.dev/laminas-mail/), [ZetaComponents](https://github.com/zetacomponents/Mail), etc.
 
 ## License
 This software is distributed under the [LGPL 2.1](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html) license, along with the [GPL Cooperation Commitment](https://gplcc.github.io/gplcc/). Please read [LICENSE](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/LICENSE) for information on the software availability and distribution.
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@ try {
 }
 ```
 
-You'll find plenty to play with in the [examples](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/tree/master/examples) folder, which covers many common scenarios including sending through gmail, building contact forms, sending to mailing lists, and more.
+You'll find plenty to play with in the [examples](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/tree/master/examples) folder, which covers many common scenarios including sending through Gmail, building contact forms, sending to mailing lists, and more.
 
 If you are re-using the instance (e.g. when sending to a mailing list), you may need to clear the recipient list to avoid sending duplicate messages. See [the mailing list example](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/examples/mailing_list.phps) for further guidance.
 
 That's it. You should now be ready to use PHPMailer!
 
 ## Localization
-PHPMailer defaults to English, but in the [language](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/tree/master/language/) folder you'll find many translations for PHPMailer error messages that you may encounter. Their filenames contain [ISO 639-1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1) language code for the translations, for example `fr` for French. To specify a language, you need to tell PHPMailer which one to use, like this:
+PHPMailer defaults to English, but in the [language](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/tree/master/language/) folder, you'll find many translations for PHPMailer error messages that you may encounter. Their filenames contain [ISO 639-1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1) language code for the translations, for example `fr` for French. To specify a language, you need to tell PHPMailer which one to use, like this:
 
 ```php
 //To load the French version
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ Please disclose any vulnerabilities found responsibly – report security issues
 See [SECURITY](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/tree/master/SECURITY.md) and [PHPMailer's security advisories on GitHub](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security). 
 
 ## Contributing
-Please submit bug reports, suggestions and pull requests to the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/issues).
+Please submit bug reports, suggestions, and pull requests to the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/issues).
 
-We're particularly interested in fixing edge-cases, expanding test coverage and updating translations.
+We're particularly interested in fixing edge cases, expanding test coverage, and updating translations.
 
 If you found a mistake in the docs, or want to add something, go ahead and amend the wiki – anyone can edit it.
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ Donations are very welcome, whether in beer 🍺, T-shirts 👕, or cold, hard c
 Available as part of the Tidelift Subscription.
 
 The maintainers of PHPMailer and thousands of other packages are working with Tidelift to deliver commercial
-support and maintenance for the open source packages you use to build your applications. Save time, reduce risk, and
+support and maintenance for the open-source packages you use to build your applications. Save time, reduce risk, and
 improve code health, while paying the maintainers of the exact packages you
 use. [Learn more.](https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/packagist-phpmailer-phpmailer?utm_source=packagist-phpmailer-phpmailer&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=enterprise&utm_term=repo)
 
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ See [changelog](changelog.md).
 ### What's changed since moving from SourceForge?
 - Official successor to the SourceForge and Google Code projects.
 - Test suite.
-- Continuous integration with Github Actions.
+- Continuous integration with GitHub Actions.
 - Composer support.
 - Public development.
 - Additional languages and language strings.
 - CRAM-MD5 authentication support.
-- Preserves full repo history of authors, commits and branches from the original SourceForge project.
+- Preserves full repo history of authors, commits, and branches from the original SourceForge project.