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Improve some grammar in the ACPI introduction.

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efficient manner. Before <acronym>ACPI</acronym> was introduced,
it was very difficult and inflexible for operating systems to manage
the power usage and thermal properties of a system. The hardware was
either controlled by some sort of <acronym>BIOS</acronym> embedded
interface, i.e.: <emphasis>Plug and Play BIOS (PNPBIOS)</emphasis>,
controlled by some sort of <acronym>BIOS</acronym> embedded
interface, such as <emphasis>Plug and Play BIOS (PNPBIOS)</emphasis>, or
<emphasis>Advanced Power Management (APM)</emphasis> and so on.
Power and Resource Management is one of the key components of a modern
operating system. For example, you would want an operating system to
monitor system limits (and possibly take an action), in case your system
operating system. For example, you may want an operating system to
monitor system limits (and possibly alert you) in case your system
temperature increased unexpectedly.</para>
<para>In this section of the FreeBSD Handbook, we will provide
comprehensive information about <acronym>ACPI</acronym>. References
will be provided for further reading, at the end. Please be aware
will be provided for further reading at the end. Please be aware
that <acronym>ACPI</acronym> is only available on FreeBSD&nbsp;5.X and
above.</para>