- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 23:29:39 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Kevin Benson wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Ian Hickson<ian at hixie.ch> wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Kevin Benson wrote: > >> > >> 4.10.4.1.17 Radio Button state > >> > >> "Either neither a nor b have a form owner, or they both have one and > >> it is the same for both." > >> > >> S//Either a and b both have no form owner//Either neither a nor b have > >> a form owner// < - - (rewrote "either neither") > > > > What's wrong with either neither? > > I just hadn't ever seen and couldn't find another instance of such a > grammatical construction in technical documentation...anywhere. Is my > suggestion not _as_ clear (or clearer) ??? On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > > Wow, didn't see this the first time through. "Either neither" is > difficult to parse on a first pass. One's instinct is to assume that > it's a grammatical error. One has to read a bit to decipher that the > "neither" is a nested phrase within the "either". While this is not > ambiguous, neither is it clear. On Sat, 29 Aug 2009, ?istein E. Andersen wrote: > > ?Either neither? seems somewhat awkward, but so does the proposed > alternative. Reordering the sentence might make it easier to sidestep > the problem: > > Either a and b share the same form owner, or neither of them has one. Ok, removed the 'either neither'. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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