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@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ game's AI.</p>
 
 <h3 id='players'>For Players</h3>
 
-<p>To help the player keep those who are loyal to him alive, this units
+<p>To help the player keep those who are loyal to him alive, these units
 are now marked with an overlay symbol that looks like a bronze ring.</p>
 
 <p>The names on maps and other images are now localized to the
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ mainline.</p>
 
 <p>We've continued to polish and improve the mainline campaigns. 
 The hero Kaleh's custom advancements in <cite>Under the Burning
-Suns</cite>, long a source of problems, have been debugged and
-streamlined. Significant continuity problems in <cite>Heir to the
+Suns</cite>, long a source of problems, have been redesigned in a more robust
+and streamlined fashion. Significant continuity problems in <cite>Heir to the
 Throne's</cite> "Cliffs of Thoria" scenario have been fixed. 
 Some scenarios in <cite>Legend of Wesmere</cite> have been rewritten
-and significantly enhanced. An early version of it's multiplayer port
+and significantly enhanced. An early version of its multiplayer port
 is available to test Wesnoth's multiplayer campaign feature.</p>
 
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@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ chooses recruits/recalls better, and does smarter target selection.</p>
 
 <h4 id='multiplayer'>Multiplayer</h4>
 
-<p>The operating system's GUI can be told to notify the online player
-that it his turn to play.</p>
+<p>The operating system's GUI can be told to notify the player that it's his
+turn to play.</p>
 
 <p>The multiplayer lobby has been completely redesigned for improved
 ease of play and better appearance.</p>
 
 <p>Random numbers are generated on the Wesnoth server during MP
-combats. This make certain kinds of cheats and out-of-sync conditions
+combats. This makes certain kinds of cheats and out-of-sync conditions
 impossible, at the cost of breaking compatibility with versions before
 1.7.3.</p>
 
@@ -120,25 +120,22 @@ impossible, at the cost of breaking compatibility with versions before
   <div><a href='images/start-1-full.jpg'><img src='images/start-1.jpg' alt='Wesnoth Screenshot'/></a></div>
 </div>
 
-<p>There have been no unit multiplayer unit balancing changes in this
-release.</p>
-
 <h4 id='general'>General</h4>
 
 <p>The right sidebar on the main game display has been tuned for
-usability. It now gives more prominance to the selected unit's
+usability. It now gives more prominence to the selected unit's
 terrain defence percentage and time-of-day modifier.</p>
 
-<p>There is a new monster unit: the Water Serpent.  Additionally, the
+<p>There is a new monster unit: the Water Serpent. Additionally, the
 Dwarvish Scout from Under the Burning Suns is now part of normal
 Dwarvish sides in campaigns. Several other unit lines &mdash; most notably
 the Drakes &mdash; have been completely redone with improved art and
 animations.</p>
 
-<p>Add-on descriptions are now visible on interface panel for the
-download server.</p>
+<p>Add-on descriptions are now accessible from the add-on download dialog via a
+button.</p>
 
-<p>Most translations have been updated.  New translations include English
+<p>Most translations have been updated. New translations include English
 in the Shavian alphabet and Vietnamese.</p>
 
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@@ -149,31 +146,30 @@ in the Shavian alphabet and Vietnamese.</p>
 
 <p>This year Wesnoth was once again a Google "Summer of Code" program;
 one of its major results was a complete rework of Wesnoth's support
-for multiplayer campaigns.  Sides in multiplayer games are now
+for multiplayer campaigns. Sides in multiplayer games are now
 persistent and can be carried over from one multiplayer scenario to
-the next.  The leaders of AI sides are now able to recall from their
-side's list.  As a side effect it is now possible to have more than
+the next. The leaders of AI sides are now able to recall from their
+side's list. As a side effect it is now possible to have more than
 one leader with the ability to recruit per side.
 </p>
 
 <p>Another Summer of Code result is a new framework for Wesnoth's
-artificial intelligence.  The AI can now be scripted to significantly
+artificial intelligence. The AI can now be scripted to significantly
 change its behavior in different story settings and in response to
 campaign events, give enemy sides more distinct tactical
-personalities.  It is possible, though not easy, to create alternate
+personalities. It is possible, though not easy, to create alternate
 AIs that are also scriptable.</p>
 
 <p>A new tool called the <a
 href="http://wiki.wesnoth.org/CommandMode#Extra_Debugging_Commands">"gamestate
-inspector"</a> allows a content developer to view and nodify values of
-the WML variables and the recall list through a UI while a game is in
-progress.</p>
+inspector"</a> allows a content developer to view and modify values of
+the WML variables and the recall list while a game is in progress.</p>
 
 <p>New Orcish Village and Orcish Keep terrain graphics improve the
 options available to map designers.</p>
 
-<p>Our "Summer of Art" program, working in concert with Google's "Summer
-of Code", produced big results.  There are hundreds of new and
+<p>Our "Summer of Art" program, working similar to Google's "Summer
+of Code", produced big results. There are hundreds of new and
 reworked unit portraits available for your add-ons.</p>
 
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@@ -187,7 +183,7 @@ history timeline has been tweaked to eliminate various minor
 inconsistencies.</p>
 
 <p>We kept the promise we made in 1.6 when we had to remove Python for
-technical reasons; WML events can now be written in lua.  The
+technical reasons; WML events can now be written in lua. The
 integration of lua in the wesnoth game engine is advanced enough to
 even allow the coding of WML action tags with lua definitions that can
 read and modify game state variables in the C++ core.</p>