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@@ -333,15 +333,6 @@
 	<para>Lists the PGP fingerprints of several FreeBSD Developers.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-    <varlistentry>
-      <term><emphasis>Appendix E, Contributing Authors</emphasis></term>
-      <listitem>
-	<para>We've attempted to list many of the authors responsible
-	for writing this book along with a brief description of their
-	contributions.  Unfortunately, there are bound to be
-	significant omissions from this list.</para>
-      </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
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   <bridgehead id="preface-conv" renderas=sect1>Conventions used
@@ -457,7 +448,7 @@
     improving this book full time leading up to the publication of the
     first printed edition in March 2000 (ISBN 1-57176-241-8).  Wind
     River Systems then paid several additional authors to make a
-    number of improvement to the print-output infrastructure and add
+    number of improvements to the print-output infrastructure and to add
     additional chapters to the text.  This work culminated in the
     publication of the second printed edition in November 2001 (ISBN
     1-57176-303-1).</para>