- From: Joe Clark <joeclark@contenu.nu>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 11:15:25 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-gl@W3.org
> > > + [35]Checkpoint 1.5 Separate content and structure from
> > > presentation.
> >
> > "Separate content and structure" can still be read as a noun phrase.
>
>No it can't be.
I didn't say the rest of the sentence would work with that reading.
If one errantly reads "separate content and structure" as a noun
phrase and keeps going through the rest of the sentence, suddenly you
have to double back to make sense of it.
"Keep content and structure separate from presentation" lacks that problem.
> > Write as clearly and simply as possible
> > in a way that is appropriate for the site's content.
> >
> > You'll spend the rest of your lives arguing over whether or not
> > "appropriate" is an adverb (indicative of the level of help WCAG
> > needs with writing). This way there is no such debate.
>
>The suggested alternative only makes the sentence harder to interpret
> and resolves no ambiguity.
Oh, give me a break. "Within the bounds of appropriateness for the
site's content, write as clearly and simply as possible." In a site
on theoretical physics, that will mean something different from
MarthaStewart.com, won't it?
There are three subjective criteria at work in this guideline
(simplicity; clarity; appropriateness) and my wording makes that
unambiguous. The previous wording will force the group to argue
endlessly over "appropriate" vs. "appropriately"; mine solves the
problem.
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