Minor grammatical & spelling corrections

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@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@
 
 ==Abstract==
 
-This BIP defines logical hierarchy for deterministic wallets based on algorithm
+This BIP defines a logical hierarchy for deterministic wallets based on an algorithm
 described in BIP-0032 (BIP32 from now on) and purpose scheme described in
 BIP-0043 (BIP43 from now on).
 
 This BIP is a particular application of BIP43.
 
 ==Motivation==
 
-Hierarchy proposed in this paper is quite comprehensive. It allows to handle
+The hierarchy proposed in this paper is quite comprehensive. It allows the handling of
 multiple coins, multiple accounts, external and internal chains per account and
 millions of addresses per chain.
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ m / purpose' / coin_type' / account' / change / address_index
 
 Apostrophe in the path indicates that BIP32 hardened derivation is used.
 
-Each level has special meaning described in the chapters below.
+Each level has a special meaning, described in the chapters below.
 
 ===Purpose===
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ space for various cryptocoins has some disadvantages.
 This level creates a separate subtree for every cryptocoin, avoiding
 reusing addresses across cryptocoins and improving privacy issues.
 
-Coin type is a constant set for each cryptocoin. Cryptocoin developers may ask
+Coin type is a constant, set for each cryptocoin. Cryptocoin developers may ask
 for registering unused number for their project.
 
 The list of already allocated coin types is in the chapter
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ Hardened derivation is used at this level.
 This level splits the key space into independent user identities,
 so the wallet never mixes the coins across different accounts.
 
-User can use these accounts to organize the funds in the same
-fashion like bank accounts; for donation purposes (where all
+Users can use these accounts to organize the funds in the same
+fashion as bank accounts; for donation purposes (where all
 addresses are considered public), for saving purposes,
 for common expenses etc.
 
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ This number is used as child index in BIP32 derivation.
 
 Hardened derivation is used at this level.
 
-Software should prevent a creation of an account if previous account does not
+Software should prevent a creation of an account if a previous account does not
 have a transaction history (meaning none of its addresses have been used before).
 
 Software needs to discover all used accounts after importing the seed from
-an external source. Such algorithm is described in "Account discovery" chapter.
+an external source. Such an algorithm is described in "Account discovery" chapter.
 
 ===Change===
 
@@ -104,15 +104,15 @@ start to discover the accounts in the following manner:
 # derive the first account's node (index = 0)
 # derive the external chain node of this account
 # scan addresses of the external chain; respect the gap limit described below
-# if no transactions are found on the external chain stop discovery
+# if no transactions are found on the external chain, stop discovery
 # if there are some transactions, increase the account index and go to step 1
 
-This algorithm is correct, because software should disallow creation of new
-accounts if previous one has no transaction history as described in chapter
+This algorithm is successful because software should disallow creation of new
+accounts if previous one has no transaction history, as described in chapter
 "Account" above.
 
 Please note that the algorithm works with the transaction history, not account
-balances, so you can have account with total 0 coins and the algorithm will
+balances, so you can have an account with 0 total coins and the algorithm will
 still continue with discovery.
 
 ===Address gap limit===
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Address gap limit is currently set to 20. If the software hits 20 unused
 addresses in a row, it expects there are no used addresses beyond this point
 and stops searching the address chain.
 
-Wallet software should warn when user is trying to exceed the gap limit on
+Wallet software should warn when the user is trying to exceed the gap limit on
 an external chain by generating a new address.
 
 ==Registered coin types==
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ All these constants are used as hardened derivation.
 |m / 44' / 1' / 1' / 1 / 1
 |}
 
-==Compatible walets==
+==Compatible wallets==
 
 * [[https://mytrezor.com|myTREZOR web wallet]] ([[https://github.com/trezor/webwallet|source]])