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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This course covers a wide range of topics in security and privacy. The goal of
 the course project is to dive more deeply into a particular topic individually
-or in groups of two.  A good project could potentially lead to a publishable
+or in groups of two. A good project could potentially lead to a publishable
 result.  This project could take different forms:
 
 - **Theoretical**: Extend a technique, explore a new application, or develop
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ In order to keep projects on track, each group will turn in two milestone
 reports along the way, **1-2 pages each**. At one-third of the way through, you
 should have settled on a project goal and made some exploratory steps.
 
-- **Milestone 1**. Describe the project goal concretely, summarize what
-  preliminary things have been tried, and plan out which directions to explore
-  next. [Heilmeier's Catechism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Heilmeier#Heilmeier%27s_Catechism)
+- **Milestone 1**. Describe the project goal as concretely as possible,
+  summarize what preliminary things have been tried, and plan out directions to
+  explore next.
+  [Heilmeier's Catechism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Heilmeier#Heilmeier%27s_Catechism)
   is a good set of questions to keep in mind.
 
 At two-thirds of the way through, the project should be progressing and it
@@ -34,10 +35,10 @@ should be clear what remains to be done.
 
 - **Milestone 2**. Clarify the project goal, summarize current progress, and
   plan out how to finish remaining items. Describe what you think can definitely
-  be done, along with further reach goals that might be possible.
+  be done, along with reach goals to try if things go well.
 
-Besides the milestones, the main deliverable of the project will be a final
-report, around **15-20 pages** in length. Reports should be written in a
+Besides the milestones, the main deliverable of the project will be a written
+final report, around **15-20 pages** in length. Reports should be written in a
 research paper style, covering the following broad areas in some reasonable
 order: