diff --git a/pep-0617.rst b/pep-0617.rst
index 2b9ec2f84..08d074535 100644
--- a/pep-0617.rst
+++ b/pep-0617.rst
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ machinery in CPython that motivates the need for a new parser.
 Some rules are not actually LL(1)
 ---------------------------------
 
-Although the Python grammar is technically an LL(1) grammar (because is parsed by
+Although the Python grammar is technically an LL(1) grammar (because it is parsed by
 an LL(1) parser) several rules are not LL(1) and several workarounds are
 implemented in the grammar and in other parts of CPython to deal with this. For
 example, consider the rule for assignment expressions::
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ that parses grammar files is bootstrapped from a meta-grammar file with
 Python actions that generate the grammar tree as a result of the parsing. 
 
 In the specific case of the new proposed PEG grammar for Python, having
-actions allows to directly describe how the AST is composed in the grammar
+actions allows directly describing how the AST is composed in the grammar
 itself, making it more clear and maintainable. This AST generation process is
 supported by the use of some helper functions that factor out common AST
 object manipulations and some other required operations that are not directly
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ The full meta-grammar for the grammars supported by the PEG generator is:
         | "?" { "?" }
         | ":" { ":" }
 
-As an illustrative example this simple grammar file allows to directly
-generate a full parser that can parse simple arithmetic expressions and that
+As an illustrative example this simple grammar file allows directly
+generating a full parser that can parse simple arithmetic expressions and that
 returns a valid C-based Python AST:
 
 ::