minor text corrections based on my previous contribution #57

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@ -14,20 +14,18 @@ which is installed and requires minimal configuration.
Start weechat on your linux shell and type the following commands:
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not sure this is necessary; the line as it is is correct

not sure this is necessary; the line as it is is correct
/server add tilde localhost/6667
/server add tilde irc.tilde.chat/6697 -ssl
/connect tilde
This will connect you to the irc network via the local machine using a
regular connection (which is secure enough since it stays on the local
machine). The username used is the same as your linux account, this is
should be unique, if it is not you will be called username1 or
similar, then you should chose another nickname. You do that by using
the /nick command
This will connect you to the irc network via a secure connection. The
username used is the same as your linux account, this is should be
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"this is has to be unique" is still not how the sentence should be phrased; should be "this has to be unique"

"this is has to be unique" is still not how the sentence should be phrased; should be "this has to be unique"
unique, if it is not you will be called username1 or similar, then you
should chose another nickname. You do that by using the /nick command
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the "or similar" is important because if you're not the only person trying to use username, you'll be username2 or username3 or whatever.

the "or similar" is important because if you're not the only person trying to use `username`, you'll be `username2` or `username3` or whatever.

chose to choose here too

chose to choose here too
/nick username
/nick newusername
If you didn't chose a username that is unique in the tilde network,
you had kind of bad luck.
(If you didn't chose a username that is unique in the tilde network,
you had kind of bad luck.)
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"if you didn't chose [sic] a username that is unique in the tilde network, you had kind of bad luck" is correct (except for "chose" instead of "choose"), since both verbs are in the past tense.

"if you didn't chose [sic] a username that is unique in the tilde network, you had kind of bad luck" is correct (except for "chose" instead of "choose"), since both verbs are in the past tense.
## Register
@ -42,7 +40,8 @@ weechat settings to automatically log in and authenticate
/set irc.server.tilde.sasl_username <username>
/set irc.server.tilde.sasl_password <password>
To store the password securely, you can use secure settings like this
Or to store the password securely (which is preferred), you can use
secure settings like this
/secure passphrase <passphrase>
/secure set tilde_password <password>
@ -67,9 +66,9 @@ in /whois you can use
/set irc.server.tilde.realname "My real name"
You can join multiple channels with /j or start private conversatins
with /msg and navigate between the different windows with Control-N
and Control-P
You can join multiple channels with /j #channel or start private
conversatins with /msg nickname and navigate between the different
windows with Control-N and Control-P
To automatically connect to the tilde server on startup use: