- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:52:23 +0000 (UTC)
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote: > > I suggest simply deleting "It must be admitted that many aspects of HTML > appear at first glance to be nonsensical and inconsistent." I would > disagree with nonsensical, and in any case this sentence adds nothing to > the text. > > However if this sentence is retained, at least deleted "It must be > admitted that" in favor of simply "Many aspects of HTML appear at first > glance to be nonsensical and inconsistent" or better yet "Many aspects > of HTML appear at first glance to be inconsistent" or even "Many aspects > of HTML are inconsistent." > > If any part of this sentence is retained, it should be combined with the > following paragraph. In fact, the first 3 paragraphs could likely be > combined. Could you elaborate on your reasoning? At first blush, the current text seems better than what you are suggesting, but maybe I am missing something. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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