diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35aec33..1200f1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ LICENSE           # CC BY 4.0
 3. **You pick one.** It writes one short prompt, around 150 words, and stops.
 4. **You paste it into a fresh session.** That agent splits the work, runs builder and critic pairs, and loops.
 
-The critic is the part that matters. It is a separate agent with fresh context, it opens the actual output, it puts your work next to the bar with the labels stripped, and it says which one is better. Not a score out of 10, which drifts upward every round. A pick.
+The critic is the part that matters. It is a separate agent with fresh context; it opens the actual output, it puts your work next to the bar with the labels stripped, and it says which one is better. Not a score out of 10, which drifts upward every round. A pick.
 
 The loop exits when your work wins the blind comparison, or when you stop the run. Never after a fixed number of rounds.