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Consider a pass over the document looking for instances of “you”, proposing language that is perhaps a little less direct, unless there is a specific reason to speak in that voice such as: Note: likewise, changing the role of an element does not add behaviours, properties or states of the role used. You must add those yourself. There are 33 instances of the word “You” in the document and I think moving to the passive voice might help the overall tone of the document in many of those instances. For instance: Note: likewise, changing the role of an element does not add behaviours, properties or states of the role used. Those must be added separately. Also, are we using UK or US spelling? ... Here in Canada, we use UK spelling, but I think the default W3C is US English, is that right Michael? (behaviour vs behavior)