Add QoL changes (#14)

## Describe your changes
Update syntax and address grammatical errors.

Author: michplunkett

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-<!--- Please write your PR name in the present imperative tense. Examples of that tense are: "Fix issue in the dispatcher where…", "Improve our handling of…", etc." -->
-<!-- For more information on Pull Requests, you can reference here: https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/228-using-pull-requests-to-contribute -->
+<!---
+Please write your PR name in the present imperative tense. Examples of that tense are:
+"Fix issue in the dispatcher where…", "Improve our handling of…", etc."
+
+For more information on Pull Requests, you can reference here:
+https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/228-using-pull-requests-to-contribute
+-->
 ## Describe your changes
 
 
@@ -10,6 +15,6 @@
 <!--- These are suggested things you could add, but what you add will be dependent on your repository's standards. --->
 - [ ] The code runs successfully.
 
-```console
+```commandline
 HERE IS SOME COMMAND LINE OUTPUT
 ```

Makefile

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Introduction.html
 default: create-requirements lint
 
-BASEDIR=project
-
 .PHONY: lint
 lint:
 	pre-commit run --all-files

README.md

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Poetry Python 🐍 Project Template
-This repository is a template for a python 🐍 project using the poetry container. The intent is to do all the basic lifting for a python project so that people can hit the ground running with their ideas.
+This repository is a template for a python 🐍 project using the poetry container. The intent is to do all the basic
+lifting for a python project so that people can hit the ground running with their ideas.
 
 ### To make this project your own
 1. Create a new repository, [using this one as a template](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/creating-a-repository-from-a-template).
 2. Change the `project` folder name to the kebab-case name of your project.
-3. Update the `BASE_DIR` variable value in the `Makefile` with the kebab-case name of your project.
-4. Update the information in the `pyproject.toml` file with your project's and your personal information.
-5. Update the information in the `CODEOWNERS` file so that it uses your GitHub ID and the kebab-case name of your project folder.
+3. Update the information in the `pyproject.toml` file with your project's and your personal information.
+4. Update the information in the `CODEOWNERS` file so that it uses your GitHub ID and the kebab-case name of your project folder.
 
 ### 🐍 by Default (Feel free to delete this after creating your project)
-- [pre-commit]([https://github.com/psf/black](https://pre-commit.com/)): This serves as the codebase formatter and linter.
-- [Requests](https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): This is the project's means of communicating with external APIs.
-- [Responses](https://github.com/getsentry/responses): This is used in conjunction with Pytest and Requests to mock API calls in the test module.
+- [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/): This serves as the codebase formatter and linter.
+- [requests](https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): This is the project's means of communicating with external APIs.
+- [responses](https://github.com/getsentry/responses): This is used in conjunction with Pytest and Requests to mock API calls in the test module.
 
 ### Project Requirements
 - Python version: `^3.11`
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ This repository is a template for a python 🐍 project using the poetry contain
   - Example: `poetry add black`
 
 ## Standard Commands
-- `make lint`: Runs `pre-commit`
-- `make test`: Runs test cases in the `test` directory
-- `make run`: Runs the `main` function in the `project` folder
+- `make lint`: Runs `pre-commit`.
+- `make test`: Runs test cases in the `test` directory.
+- `make run`: Runs the `main` function in the `project` folder.