diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index ea13ef9..4f469a8 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ compatibility with Wine.</p>
 <?php
 $str_benefits="
     <ul>
-        <li>Ability to <a href=\"".BASE."help/?sTopic=voting\" title=\"help on voting\" style=\"cursor: help\">vote</a> on Favorite Applications</li>
+        <li>Ability to <a href=\"".BASE."help/?sTopic=voting\" title=\"help on voting\" style=\"cursor: help\">vote</a> on your favourite applications</li>
         <li>Ability to customize the layout and behaviour of the AppDB and comments system</li>
         <li>Take credit for your witty posts</li>
         <li>Ability to sign up to be an <a href=\"".BASE."help/?sTopic=maintainer_guidelines\" title=\"informations about application maintainers\"  style=\"cursor: help\">application maintainer</a>.</li>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ $str_benefits="
 if(!$_SESSION['current']->isLoggedIn()) 
 {
     echo "
-    <p>Most of the features of the Application database require that you have a user account and
+    <p>Most of the features of the Application Database require that you have a user account and
     are logged in. Some of the benefits of membership are:<p>
 
     $str_benefits
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@ if(!$_SESSION['current']->isLoggedIn())
 } else 
 {
     echo "
-    <p>As an Application database member you enjoy some exclusive benefits like:<p>
+    <p>As an Application Database member you enjoy some exclusive benefits like:<p>
 
     $str_benefits
 
-    <p>We'd like to thank you for being a member and being logged in to the system. Your help in
+    <p>We&#8217;d like to thank you for being a member and being logged in to the system. Your help in
     stomping out Wine issues will be greatly appreciated.</p>";
 
 }
 ?>
 <p>
-If you have screenshots or links to contribute, please browse the database and use the AppDB interface to send us your contributions (any member can send screenshots, if you want to send how-to's or other informations you can either enroll to be a maintainer or post this information as a comment for the application of interest).
+If you have screenshots or links to contribute, please browse the database and use the AppDB interface to send us your contributions (any member can send screenshots; if you want to send how-to's or other information, you can either enroll to be a maintainer or post this information as a comment for the application of interest).
 </p>
 <?php
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ If you have screenshots or links to contribute, please browse the database and u
     } else
     {
        echo "There are <b>$numApps</b> applications currently in the database, please\n";
-       echo "<a href=\"".BASE."help/?sTopic=voting\" title=\"help on voting\" style=\"cursor: help\">vote</a> for your favorite application.\n";
+       echo "<a href=\"".BASE."help/?sTopic=voting\" title=\"help on voting\" style=\"cursor: help\">vote</a> for your favourite application.\n";
     }
 ?>
 
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ If you have screenshots or links to contribute, please browse the database and u
 
 <h2>Top Voted Applications</h2>
 
-<p>This is a list of applications that are known to be working well and for which many AppDB users voted.</p>
+<p>This is a list of applications that are known to be working well and for which many users have voted.</p>
 
-<h3>The top-10 <a href="browse_by_rating.php?sRating=Platinum">Platinum</a> List</h3> 
-<p>Only Applications which install and run flawless on a out-of-the-box Wine installation make it to the Platinum list: </p>
+<h3>The Top-10 <a href="browse_by_rating.php?sRating=Platinum">Platinum</a> List</h3> 
+<p>Only applications which install and run flawlessly on an out-of-the-box Wine installation make it to the Platinum list.</p>
 <table class="platinum">
     <tr class="rowtitle">
     <th>Application</th><th>Description</th><th>Screenshot</th>
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ If you have screenshots or links to contribute, please browse the database and u
 </table>
 <br />
 
-<h3>The top-10 <a href="browse_by_rating.php?sRating=Gold">Gold</a> List</h3> 
-<p>Applications that work flawlessly with some DLL overrides or other settings, crack etc make it to the Gold list: </p>
+<h3>The Top-10 <a href="browse_by_rating.php?sRating=Gold">Gold</a> List</h3> 
+<p>Applications that work flawlessly with some DLL overrides or other settings, crack etc. make it to the Gold list.</p>
 <table class="gold">
     <tr class="rowtitle">
     <th>Application</th><th>Description</th><th>Screenshot</th>
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ If you have screenshots or links to contribute, please browse the database and u
 </table>
 <br />
 
-<h3>The top-10 <a href="browse_by_rating.php?sRating=Silver">Silver List</a></h3> 
-<p>The Silver list contains apps which we hope we can easily fix so they make it to Gold status:</p>
+<h3>The Top-10 <a href="browse_by_rating.php?sRating=Silver">Silver List</a></h3> 
+<p>The Silver list contains apps which we hope we can easily fix so they make it to Gold status.</p>
 <table class=silver>
     <tr class=rowtitle>
       <th>Application</th><th>Description</th><th>Screenshot</th>
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ If you have screenshots or links to contribute, please browse the database and u
 <h2>Other Wine Application Compatibility Sites</h2>
 <p>
 <a href="http://frankscorner.org"><b>Frank's Corner</b></a>:  Frank has a fantastic Wine
-application site. The site contains tips and howtos on getting listed apps to run.
+application site, with tips and how-to's on getting listed apps to run.
 </p>
 <?php
 apidb_footer();