Re: [XBL] Editorial: "Either"

Ian, Doug,

On Jan 8, 2007, at 5:11 PM, ext Ian Hickson wrote:

>
> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Doug Schepers wrote:
>>
>> This sentence is grammatically incorrect and confusing: "Bindings  
>> can be
>> attached to elements using either cascading style sheets, the  
>> document
>> object model, or by declaring, in XBL, that a particular element in a
>> particular namespace is implemented by a particular binding."
>>
>> "Either" applies only to 2 alternatives, not several.  The reader is
>> left wondering how to group the "2" alternatives.
>
> The American Heritage dictionary seems to disagree with you. Indeed it
> explicitly states that the "2" rule for either only applies when it is
> used as a pronoun or adjective (here it is used as a conjunction, I
> believe), and even further goes to say that even for pronouns and
> adjectives the rule is not accepted by all writers.

Seems like just removing "either" would be sufficient.