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@@ -2,19 +2,16 @@
 
 tail.css provides _a small subset_ of
 [tailwind](https://tailwindcss.com/)
-that was originally extracted from a hobby project. A prebuilt copy of
-[dist/tail.css](dist/tail.css)
-is provided in case you don't have access to the nodejs sass compiler,
-along with a minimized copy
-([dist/tail.min.css](dist/tail.min.css)).
-There are gzip-compressed copies of those files included in
-[dist/](dist/)
-... `tail.css.min.gz` weighs in at around 8.5KB.
+that was originally extracted from a hobby project.
+The CSS file [dist/tail.css](dist/tail.css)
+is provided in case you don't have access to
+the nodejs sass compiler
+- alongside [a minimized copy](dist/tail.min.css).
 
 ## Rationale
 
 The motivation behind this project is to be able to use tailwind
-without a nodejs environment. You can use tail.css within a vanilla
+without a nodejs environment. tail.css can be used within a vanilla
 CSS environment, or within an environment that uses
 [sass](https://sass-lang.com).
 Most of the time I use tail.css within a sass environment, and
@@ -22,9 +19,9 @@ sprinkle small amounts of CSS on top.
 
 ## Build
 
-Custom builds provide a way to customize what features are
-included in a build. The `@import` directives in [src/](src/)
-decide what features to include:
+Custom builds can customize what features are included in a build.
+The `@import` directives in [src/](src/) decide what features to
+include:
 
     $ npm install -g sass
     $ bin/build
@@ -34,13 +31,13 @@ decide what features to include:
 Copyright of src/tail/ belongs to the
 [tailwind project](https://tailwindcss.com/).
 <br>
-See [tailwindcss/LICENSE](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/blob/master/LICENSE).
+See [tailwindcss/LICENSE](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/blob/master/LICENSE)
 
 Copyright of src/normalize/ belongs to the
 [normalize.css project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/necolas/normalize.css).
 <br>
-See [normalize/LICENSE.md](https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/blob/master/LICENSE.md).
+See [normalize/LICENSE.md](https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/blob/master/LICENSE.md)
 
 The remaining copyright is covered by the [0BSD License](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/0bsd/).
 <br>
-See [./LICENSE](./LICENSE).
+See [./LICENSE](./LICENSE)