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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>