From 2b70208feabeb4cb524dff58c450af63544790bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CanDursun <48656980+CanDursun@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2022 15:01:41 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix typos in README (#479)

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 BUILD.md | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/BUILD.md b/BUILD.md
index 2497470..d7a3546 100644
--- a/BUILD.md
+++ b/BUILD.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 ## Intro
 
-For various reasons you may need to build HIDAPI on your own.
+For various reasons, you may need to build HIDAPI on your own.
 
 It can be done in several different ways:
 - using [CMake](BUILD.cmake.md);
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ It can be done in several different ways:
 - using [manual makefiles](#building-the-manual-way-on-unix-platforms);
 - using `Meson` (requires CMake);
 
-**Autotools** build system is historically first mature build system for
-HIDAPI. Most common usage of it is in its separate README: [BUILD.autotools.md](BUILD.autotools.md).<br/>
+**Autotools** build system is historically the first mature build system for
+HIDAPI. The most common usage of it is in its separate README: [BUILD.autotools.md](BUILD.autotools.md).<br/>
 NOTE: for all intentions and purposes the Autotools build scripts for HIDAPI are _deprecated_ and going to be obsolete in the future.
 HIDAPI Team recommends using CMake build for HIDAPI.
 
 **CMake** build system is de facto an industry standard for many open-source and proprietary projects and solutions.
-HIDAPI is one of the projects which uses the power of CMake for its advantage.
+HIDAPI is one of the projects which use the power of CMake to its advantage.
 More documentation is available in its separate README: [BUILD.cmake.md](BUILD.cmake.md).
 
 **Meson** build system for HIDAPI is designed as a [wrapper](https://mesonbuild.com/CMake-module.html) over CMake build script.
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ If you don't know where to start to build HIDAPI, we recommend starting with [CM
 
 ## Prerequisites:
 
-Regardless of what build system system you choose to use, there are specific dependencies for each platform/backend.
+Regardless of what build system you choose to use, there are specific dependencies for each platform/backend.
 
 ### Linux:
 
 Depending on which backend you're going to build, you'll need to install
-additional development packages. For `linux/hidraw` backend you need
+additional development packages. For `linux/hidraw` backend, you need a
 development package for `libudev`. For `libusb` backend, naturally, you need
 `libusb` development package.
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0-dev
 
 ### FreeBSD:
 
-On FreeBSD you will need to install libiconv. This is done by running
+On FreeBSD, you will need to install libiconv. This is done by running
 the following:
 ```sh
 pkg_add -r libiconv
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ pkg_add -r libiconv
 
 ### Mac:
 
-On Mac make sure you have XCode installed and its Command Line Tools.
+Make sure you have XCode installed and its Command Line Tools.
 
 ### Windows:
 
-On Windows you just need a compiler. You may use Visual Studio or Cygwin/MinGW,
+You just need a compiler. You may use Visual Studio or Cygwin/MinGW,
 depending on which environment is best for your needs.
 
 ## Embedding HIDAPI directly into your source tree
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ depending on your platform and the backend you want to use:
 - make the platform/backend specific [dependencies](#prerequisites) available during the compilation/linking, when building `hid.c`;
 
 NOTE: the above doesn't guarantee that having a copy of `<backend>/hid.c` and `hidapi/hidapi.h` is enough to build HIDAPI.
-The only guarantee that `<backend>/hid.c` includes all nesessary sources to compile it as a single file.
+The only guarantee that `<backend>/hid.c` includes all necessary sources to compile it as a single file.
 
 Check the manual makefiles for a simple example/reference of what are the dependencies of each specific backend.
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ to build a program which embeds HIDAPI directly inside of it. These should
 really be used as examples only. If you want to build a system-wide shared
 library, use one of the build systems mentioned above.
 
-To build HIDAPI using the manual Makefiles, change to the directory
+To build HIDAPI using the manual Makefiles, change the directory
 of your platform and run make. For example, on Linux run:
 ```sh
 cd linux/
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ make -f Makefile-manual
 To build the HIDAPI DLL on Windows using Visual Studio, build the `.sln` file
 in the `windows/` directory.
 
-To build HIDAPI using MinGW or Cygwin using Autotools, use a general Autotools
+To build HIDAPI using MinGW or Cygwin using Autotools, use general Autotools
  [instruction](BUILD.autotools.md).
 
 Any windows builds (MSVC or MinGW/Cygwin) are also supported by [CMake](BUILD.cmake.md).