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 # SQL Parser
 
-The goal of this project is to build a SQL lexer and parser capable of parsing ANSI SQL:2011 (or 2016 if I can get access to the specification for free).
+The main goal of this project is to build a SQL lexer and parser capable of parsing ANSI SQL:2011 (or 2016 if I can get access to the specification for free).
 
-The current code is capable of parsing some simple SELECT and CREATE TABLE statements.
+A secondary goal is to make it easy for others to use this library as a foundation for building custom SQL parsers for vendor-specific dialects.
+
+## Example
+
+The current code is capable of parsing some trivial SELECT and CREATE TABLE statements.
+
+## Example
 
 ```rust
 let sql = "SELECT a, b, 123, myfunc(b) \
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 I am a fan of this design pattern over parser generators for the following reasons:
 
-- Parsing code is simple to write and can be concise and elegant (this is far from true for this current implementation unfortunately, but I hope to fix that using some macros)
+- Code is simple to write and can be concise and elegant (this is far from true for this current implementation unfortunately, but I hope to fix that using some macros)
 - Performance is generally better than code generated by parser generators
 - Debugging is much easier with hand-written code
 - It is far easier to extend and make dialect-specific extensions compared to using a parser generator
 
 ## Contributing
 
-Please get involved in helping build first class SQL support in Rust by filing issues for missing features (there are plenty!) and create pull requests.
+Contributors are welcome! Please see the [current issues](https://github.com/andygrove/sqlparser-rs/issues) and feel free to file more!