Small corrections

README.md

@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ This is a minimal example of a book based on R Markdown and
 
 ## How to start your own book
 
-1. Fork this project on GitLab. It will be immediately published on
-   the address `https://<username>.gitlab.io/bookdown-example/`. For
-   more details on how this works check the next section.
+1. Fork this project on GitLab. It will be automatically published on
+   the address `https://<username>.gitlab.io/bookdown-example/` (but
+   you may have to wait for a few minutes). For more details on how
+   this works check the next section.
 
-2. Go to the "Settings" of the projects and change the "Project
-   name". Expand the "Advanced" section and change the path as well.
+2. Go to the "Settings" of the project and change the "Project
+   name". Expand the "Advanced" section and change the project path as
+   well.
    
 3. Edit `index.Rmd` and change any fields, like: `title:`, `author:`,
    `date:`, `url:` and `description:`.
@@ -66,9 +68,9 @@ to do it. Basically, in plain English, it says something like this:
   container,
 - then run the script `./render.sh` in it (which is expected to
   generate the directory `public/` with the content of the website
-  that is expected to be published),
+  that should be published),
 - then get the content of the directory `public/` and publish it on
-  the website of the project
+  the website of the project:
   `https://<username>.gitlab.io/<book-title>/`
 
 You can check the page "CI/CD -> Pipelines" to see more details about
@@ -130,13 +132,13 @@ Let's summarize them quickly:
    ```
    127.0.0.1 mybook.example.org
    ```
-   Then open in browser: https://mybook.example.org
+   Then open in browser: `https://mybook.example.org`.
    
 You can edit `books/bookdown-example/` with any editor that you
 like. Then, to update the page with the latest changes you run again
 `ds render books/bookdown-example/`. This will regenerate the content
 of the directory `books/bookdown-example/public/`, which is being
-served on https://mybook.example.org
+served on `https://mybook.example.org`.
 
 Alternatively, you can update/regenerate it like this:
 ```bash
@@ -196,8 +198,8 @@ It is also possible to build an auto-update system with Travis CI,
 which would update the website of the book whenever some changes to
 the markdown files are committed and pushed to GitHub. This automated
 way is described in this [help
-page](https://bookdown.org/yihui/bookdown/github.html). However it a
-bit complex and maybe not worth the trouble.
+page](https://bookdown.org/yihui/bookdown/github.html). However it is
+a bit complex and maybe not worth the trouble.
 
 ## The syntax of the markdown files
 
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ Markdown syntax, which is described on this page as well:
 https://bookdown.org/yihui/bookdown/markdown-syntax.html
 
 However bookdown supports some further extensions, which are mainly
-useful for math. These extension are described on this page:
+useful for math. These extensions are described on this page:
 https://bookdown.org/yihui/bookdown/markdown-extensions-by-bookdown.html
 
 Besides these, the syntax of GitLab markdown is a bit different from