- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:25:23 -0700
- To: public-css-testsuite@w3.org
On 08/07/2012 01:51 PM, "Gérard Talbot" wrote: > >>> PS. Btw, I now understand what "parens" means: it's a diminutive form of >>> the plural of parenthesis. >> >> That's what it is. I hear it so often that I thought it was now accepted >> mainstream usage. Maybe not. > > CSS 2.1 was using "parenthesis" and "parentheses". Now CSS 3 is using > "parens" and this was the first time I ever saw such word. It's a very informal abbreviation, and shouldn't be used in any specs (or tests, really). :) It's common in email and IRC discussions, though. ~fantasai
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