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diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/accessibility_troubleshooting/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/accessibility_troubleshooting/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ In the assessment for this module, we present to you a simple site with a number
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, a basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and
+        A basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and
         JavaScript, an understanding of the
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Accessibility"
           >previous articles in the course</a

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/css_and_javascript/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/css_and_javascript/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CSS and JavaScript, when used properly, also have the potential to allow for acc
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, a basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and
+        A basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and
         JavaScript, and understanding of
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Accessibility/What_is_accessibility"
           >what accessibility is</a

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/html/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/html/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ A great deal of web content can be made accessible just by making sure the corre
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, a basic understanding of HTML (see
+        A basic understanding of HTML (see
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML"
           >Introduction to HTML</a
         >), and an understanding of

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/mobile/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/mobile/index.md
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ With web access on mobile devices being so popular and renowned platforms such a
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, a basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and
-        JavaScript, and an understanding of the
+        A basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and
+        JavaScript. An understanding of the
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Accessibility"
           >previous articles in the course</a
         >.

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/multimedia/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/multimedia/index.md
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ Another category of content that can create accessibility problems is multimedia
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, a basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and
-        JavaScript, and an understanding of
+        A basic understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and an understanding of
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Accessibility/What_is_accessibility"
           >what accessibility is</a
         >.

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/wai-aria_basics/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/wai-aria_basics/index.md
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ Following on from the previous article, sometimes making complex UI controls tha
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, a basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and
-        JavaScript, an understanding of the
+        A basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and
+        JavaScript. An understanding of the
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Accessibility"
           >previous articles in the course</a
         >.

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/what_is_accessibility/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/accessibility/what_is_accessibility/index.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This article starts the module off with a good look at what accessibility is —
   <tbody>
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
-      <td>Basic computer literacy, and a basic understanding of HTML and CSS.</td>
+      <td>A basic understanding of HTML and CSS.</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Objective:</th>

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/backgrounds_and_borders/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/backgrounds_and_borders/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ In this lesson, we will take a look at some of the creative things you can do wi
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/cascade_and_inheritance/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/cascade_and_inheritance/index.md
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ While working through this lesson may seem less relevant immediately and a littl
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/debugging_css/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/debugging_css/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ Sometimes when writing CSS you will encounter an issue where your CSS doesn't se
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/handling_different_text_directions/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/handling_different_text_directions/index.md
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ In recent years however, CSS has evolved in order to better support different di
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/images_media_form_elements/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/images_media_form_elements/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ In this lesson we will take a look at how certain special elements are treated i
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/organizing/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/organizing/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ As you start to work on larger stylesheets and big projects you will discover th
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/overflowing_content/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/overflowing_content/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ Overflow is what happens when there is too much content to fit in an element box
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/selectors/attribute_selectors/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/selectors/attribute_selectors/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ As you know from your study of HTML, elements can have attributes that give furt
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/selectors/combinators/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/selectors/combinators/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ The final selectors we will look at are called combinators, because they combine
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/selectors/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/selectors/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ In {{Glossary("CSS")}}, selectors are used to target the {{glossary("HTML")}} el
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/...learn/css/building_blocks/selectors/pseudo-classes_and_pseudo-elements/index.md b/...learn/css/building_blocks/selectors/pseudo-classes_and_pseudo-elements/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ The next set of selectors we will look at are referred to as **pseudo-classes**
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/.../en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/selectors/type_class_and_id_selectors/index.md b/.../en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/selectors/type_class_and_id_selectors/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ In this lesson, we examine some of the simplest selectors, which you will probab
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/sizing_items_in_css/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/sizing_items_in_css/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ In the various lessons so far, you have come across a number of ways to size ite
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/the_box_model/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/the_box_model/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ Everything in CSS has a box around it, and understanding these boxes is key to b
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/values_and_units/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/building_blocks/values_and_units/index.md
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ In this lesson, we will take a look at some of the most frequently used value ty
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/first_steps/getting_started/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/first_steps/getting_started/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ In this article, we will take a simple HTML document and apply CSS to it, learni
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/first_steps/how_css_is_structured/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/first_steps/how_css_is_structured/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ Now that you are beginning to understand the purpose and use of CSS, let's exami
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/first_steps/how_css_works/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/first_steps/how_css_works/index.md
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ We have learned the basics of CSS, what it is for and how to write simple styles
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/first_steps/what_is_css/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/first_steps/what_is_css/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ page-type: learn-module-chapter
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy,
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Installing_basic_software"
-          >basic software installed</a
+          >Basic software installed</a
         >, basic knowledge of
         <a
           href="/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/Dealing_with_files"

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/styling_text/fundamentals/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/styling_text/fundamentals/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ In this article we'll start you on your journey towards mastering text styling w
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, HTML basics (study
+        HTML basics (study
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML"
           >Introduction to HTML</a
         >), CSS basics (study

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/styling_text/styling_links/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/styling_text/styling_links/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ When styling [links](/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML/Creating_hyperl
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, HTML basics (study
+        HTML basics (study
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML"
           >Introduction to HTML</a
         >), CSS basics (study

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/styling_text/styling_lists/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/styling_text/styling_lists/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ page-type: learn-module-chapter
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, HTML basics (study
+        HTML basics (study
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML"
           >Introduction to HTML</a
         >), CSS basics (study

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/css/styling_text/web_fonts/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/css/styling_text/web_fonts/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ In the first article of the module, we explored the basic CSS features available
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, HTML basics (study
+        HTML basics (study
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML"
           >Introduction to HTML</a
         >), CSS basics (study

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/forms/advanced_form_styling/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/forms/advanced_form_styling/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ In this article, we will see what can be done with CSS to style the types of for
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, and a basic understanding of
+        A basic understanding of
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML">HTML</a> and
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/First_steps">CSS</a>.
       </td>

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/forms/basic_native_form_controls/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/forms/basic_native_form_controls/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ In the [previous article](/en-US/docs/Learn/Forms/How_to_structure_a_web_form),
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, and a basic
+        A basic
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML"
           >understanding of HTML</a
         >.

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/forms/how_to_structure_a_web_form/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/forms/how_to_structure_a_web_form/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ With the basics out of the way, we'll now look in more detail at the elements us
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, and a basic <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML">understanding of HTML</a>.
+        A basic <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML">understanding of HTML</a>.
       </td>
     </tr>
     <tr>

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/forms/html5_input_types/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/forms/html5_input_types/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ In the [previous article](/en-US/docs/Learn/Forms/Basic_native_form_controls) we
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, and a basic
+        A basic
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML"
           >understanding of HTML</a
         >.

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/forms/other_form_controls/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/forms/other_form_controls/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ We now look at the functionality of non-`<input>` form elements in detail, from
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, and a basic
+        A basic
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML"
           >understanding of HTML</a
         >.

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/forms/sending_and_retrieving_form_data/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/forms/sending_and_retrieving_form_data/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Once the form data has been validated on the client-side, it is okay to submit t
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, an
+        An
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML"
           >understanding of HTML</a
         >, and basic knowledge of

diff --git a/files/en-us/learn/forms/styling_web_forms/index.md b/files/en-us/learn/forms/styling_web_forms/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ In the previous few articles, we showed how to create web forms in HTML. Now, we
     <tr>
       <th scope="row">Prerequisites:</th>
       <td>
-        Basic computer literacy, and a basic understanding of
+        A basic understanding of
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML">HTML</a> and
         <a href="/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/First_steps">CSS</a>.
       </td>