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 * Very stable, fast and small codebase and footprint.
 * First window manager using asynchronous [XCB](http://xcb.freedesktop.org)
-  library instead of the old synchronous.
-  [Xlib](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xlib), which make **awesome** less
+  library instead of the old, synchronous
+  [Xlib](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xlib), which makes **awesome** less
   subject to latency compared to other window managers.
 * Documented source code and API.
 * No mouse needed: everything can be performed with keyboard.