Copyedit root README.md file (#81)

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* Fix README.md copyediting issues: remove trailing punctuation, improve grammar and sentence structure

Co-authored-by: trask <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: trask <[email protected]>

Author: Copilot

README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This project is intended to provide helpful libraries and standalone OpenTelemet
 the express scope of the [OpenTelemetry Java](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java) or
 [Java Instrumentation](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation) projects.  If you need an
 easier way to bring observability to remote JVM-based applications and workflows that isn't easily satisfied by an SDK
-feature or via instrumentation, this project is hopefully for you.
+feature or via instrumentation, this project should help you.
 
 ## Provided Libraries
 
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ $ ./gradlew clean
 ## Contributing
 
 The Java Contrib project was initially formed to provide methods of easy remote JMX metric gathering and reporting,
-which is actively in development.  If you have an idea for a similar use case in the metrics, traces, or logging
-domain we would be very interested in supporting it.  Please
+which is actively in development. If you have an idea for a similar use case in the metrics, traces, or logging
+domain we would be very interested in supporting it. Please
 [open an issue](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/issues/new/choose) to share your idea or
-suggestion.  PRs are always welcome and greatly appreciated, but for larger functional changes a pre-coding introduction
+suggestion. PRs are always welcome and greatly appreciated. For larger functional changes, a pre-coding introduction
 can be helpful to ensure this is the correct place and that active or conflicting efforts don't exist.
 
 ### Maintainers
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ For more information about the triager role, see the [community repository](http
 
 For more information about the emeritus role, see the [community repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/guides/contributor/membership.md#emeritus-maintainerapprovertriager).
 
-### Thanks to all of our contributors!
+### Thanks to all of our contributors
 
 <a href="https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/graphs/contributors">
   <img alt="Repo contributors" src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib" />