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 ### Using Obsidian
-Quartz is created to serve a static site off of an [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md) vault, and thus is the preferred way to manage content locally. In order for all it to function properly, a things need to be done properly.
+Quartz is created to serve a static site off of an [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md) vault, and thus is the preferred way to manage content locally. In order for all it to function properly, a few things need to be done properly.
 
-First and foremost, Quartz uses links references with `content` as the root direction, so when opening in Obsidian, open the content folder, and _not_ the repo directory. 
+First and foremost, Quartz uses links references with `content` as the root directory, so when opening in Obsidian, open the `content` folder, and _not_ the repo directory. 
 
 Then the following vault settings need to be configured