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+++ b/README.SVN
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ following programs installed on your system:
 For the documentation to build you'll need doxygen, wml, convert and latex
 installed.
 
-Dune also features a self-test. As some grid-components (e.g. Albert,
+Dune also features a self-test. As some components (e.g. Albert,
 UG) depend on external libraries their self-tests will only run if
-those libraries are found. The pathes would then need to be passed via
---with-...= parameters.
+those libraries are found. The paths to their installation prefix
+would then need to be passed via --with-...= parameters to configure.
 
 Important!  If you don't want to develop Dune itself you won't need to
 provide external components! The Dune-library and -headers are
 independent of other libraries, instead the applications can choose
-what parts to use.
+which parts to use.
 
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