spelling, grammar, wording changes to DBRefs page

Author: barriesegal

draft/applications/database-references.txt

@@ -19,15 +19,17 @@ MongoDB applications use one of two methods for relating documents:
 
 #. :ref:`Manual references <document-references>` where you save the
    ``_id`` field of one document in another document as a reference.
-   Then your application can run a second query to return the embeded
+   Then your application can run a second query to return the embedded
    data. These references are simple and sufficient for most use
    cases.
 
-#. :ref:`DBRefs <dbref>` are a specification for relating documents
-   that captures the collection and database name. DBRefs are useful
-   when you may be emending documents from multiple collections, and
-   many :doc:`drivers </applications/drivers>` automatically resolve
-   documents embeded with DBRefs.
+#. :ref:`DBRefs <dbref>` are a reference from one document to another using an 	
+   ObjectId and a collection and database specification for the target  
+   document.  Using DBRefs requires two queries, both of which aren't done on
+   the server side, but are something that some of the drivers can interpret.
+   DBRefs are useful when you may be emending documents from multiple 
+   collections, and many :doc:`drivers </applications/drivers>` automatically
+   resolve documents embedded with DBRefs.
 
 Unless you have a compelling reason for using DBrefs, use manual
 references.
@@ -75,9 +77,9 @@ the ``places_id`` field in the ``places`` collection.
 Use
 ~~~
 
-For nearly every case you want to store a relationship between two
+For nearly every case in which you want to store a relationship between two
 documents, use :ref:`manual references <document-references>`. The
-references are simple to create and application can resolve references
+references are simple to create and your application can resolve references
 as needed.
 
 The only limitation of manual linking is that these references do not
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ Support
    interface provides automatic resolution of DBRef objects.
 
 **Perl**
-   The Perl driver contains no support for DBRefs, You can transverse
+   The Perl driver contains no support for DBRefs.  You can transverse
    references manually or use the `MongoDBx::AutoDeref
    <http://search.cpan.org/dist/MongoDBx-AutoDeref/>`_ CPAN module.