Merge pull request #31076 from JeevaRamanathan/patch-3

Improve readability in getting-started documentation

docs/getting-started/index.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ This guide also assumes a basic understanding of working on a Linux based operat
   [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/)
 - A GNU-like build environment available at the command line.
   For example, on Debian/Ubuntu you will want to have the `make` and `build-essential` packages installed.
-  On macOS, you will want to have run `xcode-select --install` to get the XCode command line build tooling in place.
+  On macOS, you will want to run `xcode-select --install` to get the XCode command line build tooling in place.
 - An account with elevated rights to install the dependencies
 - `curl` or `wget` installed
 - Node.js [Active LTS Release](../overview/versioning-policy.md#nodejs-releases) installed using one of these
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ The Backstage app we'll be creating will only have demo data until we set up int
 
 :::
 
-To install the Backstage Standalone app, we will make use of `npx`. `npx` is a tool that comes preinstalled with Node.js and lets you run commands straight from `npm` or other registries. Before we jump in to running the command, let's chat about what it does.
+To install the Backstage Standalone app, we will make use of `npx`. `npx` is a tool that comes preinstalled with Node.js and lets you run commands straight from `npm` or other registries. Before we run the command, let's discuss what it does.
 
-This command will create a new directory with a Backstage app inside. The wizard will ask you for the name of the app. This name will be created as sub directory in your current working directory.
+This command will create a new directory with a Backstage app inside. The wizard will ask you for the name of the app. This name will be created as subdirectory in your current working directory.
 
 ![create app](../assets/getting-started/create-app-output.png)