- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:11:15 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Doug Schepers <doug.schepers@vectoreal.com>
- Cc: public-appformats@w3.org
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. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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