hixie: Tweak examples for <sub>/<sup> to be less specific about the semantics of <sub> with <var>. (whatwg r3638)

hixie: Tweak examples for <sub>/<sup> to be less specific about the
semantics of <sub> with <var>. (whatwg r3638)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.2823&r2=1.2824&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=3637&to=3638

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   to be used in the name of the LaTeX document preparation system. In
   general, authors should use these elements only if the
   <em>absence</em> of those elements would change the meaning of the
-  content.<p>When the <code><a href="#the-sub-and-sup-elements">sub</a></code> element is used inside a
-  <code><a href="#the-var-element">var</a></code> element, it represents the subscript that
-  identifies the variable in a family of variables.<div class="example">
-   <pre>&lt;p&gt;The coordinate of the &lt;var&gt;i&lt;/var&gt;th point is
-(&lt;var&gt;x&lt;sub&gt;&lt;var&gt;i&lt;/var&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/var&gt;, &lt;var&gt;y&lt;sub&gt;&lt;var&gt;i&lt;/var&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/var&gt;).
-For example, the 10th point has coordinate
-(&lt;var&gt;x&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/var&gt;, &lt;var&gt;y&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/var&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;</pre>
-  </div><p>In certain languages, superscripts are part of the typographical
+  content.<p>In certain languages, superscripts are part of the typographical
   conventions for some abbreviations.<div class="example">
    <pre>&lt;p&gt;The most beautiful women are
 &lt;span lang="fr"&gt;&lt;abbr&gt;M&lt;sup&gt;lle&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt; Gwendoline&lt;/span&gt; and
 &lt;span lang="fr"&gt;&lt;abbr&gt;M&lt;sup&gt;me&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt; Denise&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</pre>
+  </div><p>The <code><a href="#the-sub-and-sup-elements">sub</a></code> element can be used inside a
+  <code><a href="#the-var-element">var</a></code> element, for variables that have subscripts.<div class="example">
+
+   <p>Here, the <code><a href="#the-sub-and-sup-elements">sub</a></code> element is used to represents the
+   subscript that identifies the variable in a family of
+   variables:</p>
+
+   <pre>&lt;p&gt;The coordinate of the &lt;var&gt;i&lt;/var&gt;th point is
+(&lt;var&gt;x&lt;sub&gt;&lt;var&gt;i&lt;/var&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/var&gt;, &lt;var&gt;y&lt;sub&gt;&lt;var&gt;i&lt;/var&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/var&gt;).
+For example, the 10th point has coordinate
+(&lt;var&gt;x&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/var&gt;, &lt;var&gt;y&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/var&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;</pre>
   </div><p>Mathematical expressions often use subscripts and superscripts.
   Authors are encouraged to use MathML for marking up mathematics, but
   authors may opt to use <code><a href="#the-sub-and-sup-elements">sub</a></code> and <code><a href="#the-sub-and-sup-elements">sup</a></code> if

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