Updated README.md #4729

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bitcoinsSG commented at 3:20 PM on August 19, 2014: contributor

Improved sentence construction and grammatical flow of introductory paragraph.

Updated Readme.md

Improved sentence construction and grammatical flow of introductory paragraph.

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Updated Readme.md _ reverted its to the
Reverted "its network" back to "the network"
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in README.md:None in 27200450e2 outdated

  12 | +Bitcoin is a new experimental digital currency that enables instant payments to
  13 |  anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate
  14 | -with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried
  15 | -out collectively by the network. Bitcoin Core is the name of open source
  16 | -software which enables the use of this currency.
  17 | +with no central authority; where transaction management and issuance of money is performed collectively by its network. The name of the open source software which enables the use of this currency is Bitcoin Core.

laanwj commented at 10:54 AM on August 25, 2014:

the was left out on purpose here. There are multiple full node implementations.

bitcoinsSG commented at 12:21 PM on August 25, 2014:

I changed it back to "the network"

BitcoinPullTester commented at 12:37 PM on August 25, 2014: none

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TheBlueMatt commented at 2:16 AM on August 27, 2014: member

I actually find that the flow of the paragraph was much cleaner in the previous form.
bitcoinsSG commented at 7:16 AM on August 27, 2014: contributor

@TheBlueMatt That was definitely not a response I was looking for, lol. Closing, and trying again.
bitcoinsSG closed this on Aug 27, 2014
laanwj commented at 8:07 AM on August 27, 2014: member

@bitcoinsSG Sorry for that! My gut feeling is that you'll get more positive response to a documentation commit if you document things that are not documented right now or need to be explained more thoroughly.

These are a few ancient phrases that people have gotten so used to over time, that any change looks 'weird'.
bitcoinsSG commented at 8:47 AM on August 27, 2014: contributor

@laanwj no problem. I appreciate the insight and explanation; they make a lot of sense. I'll keep your suggestions in mind for the next pull request. Thanks again.
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