Update col-length-transact-sql.md

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 # COL_LENGTH (Transact-SQL)
 [!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-asdb-xxxx-xxx-md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-asdb-xxxx-xxx-md.md)]
 
-Returns the defined length, in bytes, of a column.
+This function returns the defined length of a column, in bytes.
   
 ![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)
   
@@ -44,24 +44,24 @@ COL_LENGTH ( 'table' , 'column' )
   
 ## Arguments  
 **'** *table* **'**  
-Is the name of the table for which to determine column length information. *table* is an expression of type **nvarchar**.
+The name of the table whose column length information we want to determine. *table* is an expression of type **nvarchar**.
   
 **'** *column* **'**  
-Is the name of the column for which to determine length. *column* is an expression of type **nvarchar**.
+The column name whose length we want to determine. *column* is an expression of type **nvarchar**.
   
 ## Return type
 **smallint**
   
 ## Exceptions  
-Returns NULL on error or if a caller does not have permission to view the object.
+Returns NULL on error, or if a caller does not have the correct permission to view the object.
   
-In [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)], a user can only view the metadata of securables that the user owns or on which the user has been granted permission. This means that metadata-emitting, built-in functions such as COL_LENGTH may return NULL if the user does not have any permission on the object. For more information, see [Metadata Visibility Configuration](../../relational-databases/security/metadata-visibility-configuration.md).
+In [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)], a user can only view the metadata of securables that the user owns, or on which the user has been granted permission. This means that metadata-emitting, built-in functions such as COL_LENGTH might return NULL, if the user does not have correct permission on the object. See [Metadata Visibility Configuration](../../relational-databases/security/metadata-visibility-configuration.md) for more information.
   
 ## Remarks  
-For columns of type **varchar** declared with the **max** specifier (**varchar(max)**), COL_LENGTH returns the value –1.
+For **varchar** columns declared with the **max** specifier (**varchar(max)**), COL_LENGTH returns the value –1.
   
 ## Examples  
-The following example shows the return values for a column of type `varchar(40)` and a column of type `nvarchar(40)`.
+This example shows the return values for a column of type `varchar(40)` and a column of type `nvarchar(40)`:
   
 ```sql
 USE AdventureWorks2012;  
