Minor updates to readme.md and contributing.md

contributing.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Typo corrections, error fixes, better explanations, more examples etc. Open an i
 
 ### Improve issues
 
-Sometimes reported issues lack information, are not reproducible, or are even plain invalid. Help us out to make them easier to resolve. Handling issues takes a lot of time that we could rather spend on fixing bugs and adding features.
+Sometimes reported issues lack information, are not reproducible, or are even plain invalid. Help us out to make them easier to resolve. Handling issues takes a lot of time that we would rather spend on fixing bugs and adding features.
 
 ### Give feedback on issues
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Come over and say hi anytime you feel like on [Gitter](https://gitter.im/klauscf
 - Search the issue tracker before opening an issue
 - Ensure you're using the latest version of Taskbook
 - Use a descriptive title
-- Include as much information as possible;
+- Include as much information as possible:
   - Steps to reproduce the issue
   - Error message
   - Taskbook version

readme.md

@@ -195,23 +195,23 @@ $ tb -t @coding @docs Update contributing guidelines
 
 ### Check task
 
-To mark a task as complete/incomplete, use the `--check`/`-c` option followed by the ids of the target tasks. Note that the option will update to its opposite the `complete` status of the given tasks, thus checking a complete task will render it as pending and a pending task as complete. Duplicate ids are automatically filtered out.
+To mark a task as complete/incomplete, use the `--check`/`-c` option followed by the ids of the target tasks. Note that this option will update the `complete` status of the given tasks to their opposite values. Checking a complete task will render it as pending and a pending task as complete. Duplicate ids are automatically filtered out.
 
 ```
 $ tb -c 1 3
 ```
 
 ### Star Item
 
-To mark one or more items as favorite, use the `--star`/`-s` option followed by the ids of the target items. The functionality of this option is the same as the one of the above described `--check` option.
+To mark one or more items as favorite, use the `--star`/`-s` option followed by the ids of the target items. The functionality of this option is the same as the `--check` option described above.
 
 ```
 $ tb -s 1 2 3
 ```
 
 ### Display Boards
 
-Invoking taskbook without any options will display all of saved items grouped into their respective boards.
+Invoking taskbook without any options will display all of your saved items grouped into their respective boards.
 
 ```
 $ tb
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ $ tb -r 1 2
 
 ### List Items
 
-To list a group of items where each item complies with a specif number of attributes, use the `--list`/`-l` option followed by the desired attributes. Board names along with item traits can be considered valid listing attributes. For example to list all items that belong to the default `myboard` and are pending tasks, the following could be used;
+To list a group of items that match specific attributes, use the `--list`/`-l` option followed by the desired attributes. Board names along with item traits can be considered valid listing attributes. For example to list all items that belong to the default `myboard` and are pending tasks, the following could be used:
 
 ```
 $ tb -l myboard pending