diff --git a/packages/fork-diff/README.md b/packages/fork-diff/README.md
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 > It is possible that state expiry might be unnecessary in a world where Verkle Tries succeed at their goals.
 
-can anyone explain this like im 5. i dont even know what a verkle trie is outside of ppl saying merkle tries r annoying and these r better.
+Can anyone explain this like I'm 5? I don't even know what a Verkle Trie is outside of people saying Merkle Tries are annoying and these are better.
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 # Readme
 
-Original code (main branch) forked from https://github.com/automata-network/automata-dcap-v3-attestation and applied some gas optimizations here: https://github.com/smtmfft/automata-dcap-v3-attestation/tree/parse-quote-offline, which then got merged into taiko-mono.
+Original code (main branch) forked from https://github.com/automata-network/automata-dcap-v3-attestation and applying some gas optimizations here: https://github.com/smtmfft/automata-dcap-v3-attestation/tree/parse-quote-offline, which then was merged into taiko-mono.
 The corresponding upstream PR is: https://github.com/automata-network/automata-dcap-v3-attestation/pull/6, waiting to be merged.