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diff --git a/src/thread.cpp b/src/thread.cpp
index a6899de9..dc506863 100644
--- a/src/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/thread.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace {
 
 
  // Helpers to launch a thread after creation and joining before delete. Must be
- // outside Thread c'tor and d'tor because object shall be fully initialized
+ // outside Thread c'tor and d'tor because the object will be fully initialized
  // when start_routine (and hence virtual idle_loop) is called and when joining.
 
  template<typename T> T* new_thread() {
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ void ThreadBase::wait_for(volatile const bool& b) {
 }
 
 
-// Thread c'tor just inits data but does not launch any thread of execution that
-// instead will be started only upon c'tor returns.
+// Thread c'tor just inits data and does not launch any execution thread.
+// Such a thread will only be started when c'tor returns.
 
 Thread::Thread() /* : splitPoints() */ { // Value-initialization bug in MSVC
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void TimerThread::idle_loop() {
 
 
 // MainThread::idle_loop() is where the main thread is parked waiting to be started
-// when there is a new search. Main thread will launch all the slave threads.
+// when there is a new search. The main thread will launch all the slave threads.
 
 void MainThread::idle_loop() {
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void MainThread::idle_loop() {
 
       while (!thinking && !exit)
       {
-          Threads.sleepCondition.notify_one(); // Wake up UI thread if needed
+          Threads.sleepCondition.notify_one(); // Wake up the UI thread if needed
           sleepCondition.wait(mutex);
       }
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ bool Thread::available_to(const Thread* master) const {
       return false;
 
   // Make a local copy to be sure doesn't become zero under our feet while
-  // testing next condition and so leading to an out of bound access.
+  // testing next condition and so leading to an out of bounds access.
   int size = splitPointsSize;
 
   // No split points means that the thread is available as a slave for any
@@ -206,8 +206,9 @@ void ThreadPool::exit() {
 
 // read_uci_options() updates internal threads parameters from the corresponding
 // UCI options and creates/destroys threads to match the requested number. Thread
-// objects are dynamically allocated to avoid creating in advance all possible
-// threads, with included pawns and material tables, if only few are used.
+// objects are dynamically allocated to avoid creating all possible threads
+// in advance (which include pawns and material tables), even if only a few
+// are to be used.
 
 void ThreadPool::read_uci_options() {
 
@@ -323,8 +324,9 @@ void Thread::split(Position& pos, const Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Valu
 
       Thread::idle_loop(); // Force a call to base class idle_loop()
 
-      // In helpful master concept a master can help only a sub-tree of its split
-      // point, and because here is all finished is not possible master is booked.
+      // In the helpful master concept, a master can help only a sub-tree of its
+      // split point and because everything is finished here, it's not possible
+      // for the master to be booked.
       assert(!searching);
       assert(!activePosition);