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 ## Project structure
 
-* `api` - Flask application implementing RESTful API for querying/manipulating database of quotes
+* `api` - Flask application implementing RESTful API for querying/manipulating the database of quotes
 * `cms` - Grav CMS (Content Management System)
 * `ng-app` - Angular application for browsing quotes
 * `nginx` - Configuration of NGINX web server
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 This project consists of 3 container images (`api`, `cms` and `nginx`), that depend on each other - they need to run simultaneously and share certain data between themselves.
 
-Easiest way how to manage that is using `docker-compose`. Just copy `docker-compose.yaml.example` into `docker-compose.yaml`, make necessary adjustments and fire it all up with:
+Easiest way to manage that is using `docker-compose`. Just copy `docker-compose.yaml.example` into `docker-compose.yaml`, make necessary adjustments and fire it all up with:
 
 ```BASH
 docker-compose up -d