- From: Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:16:56 +0900
- To: Daniel Barclay <daniel@fgm.com>, public-iri@w3.org
- Cc: Ted Hardie <hardie@qualcomm.com>
Hello Daniel,
Many thanks for your comments. I have made this issue replace-with-44
(http://www.w3.org/International/iri-edit#replace-with-44), made the
changes you proposed, and closed the issue.
Regards, Martin.
At 14:49 04/08/18 -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
>The document at
>http://www.w3.org/International/iri-edit/draft-duerst-iri-09.txt,
>in section 3.1, says:
>
> 2.3) Replace the original character by the resulting character
> sequence (i.e. a sequence of %HH triplets).
>
>That "replace ... by " should be "replace ... with."
>
>("By" fits only when the verb in is the passive voice, as in "A is
>replaced by B" (meaning B replaces A (_with_ itself)). Since the
>imperative verb specifies that the reader replace A with B, "with"
>must be used.
>
>Alternatively, notice that:
>- B can replace A,
>- A can be replaced _by_ B, and
>- One can replace A _with_ B,
>- but one can't "replace A by B"
>)
>
>
>
>(Oh--also, the "i.e." should be followed by a comma.)
>
>
>Daniel
>
>
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