- From: Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:30:13 -0500
- To: "Richard Ishida" <ishida@w3.org>, "'Bjoern Hoehrmann'" <derhoermi@gmx.net>, <www-i18n-comments@w3.org>
At 12:41 04/02/25 +0000, Richard Ishida wrote: > > No ampersands! > > > > Headings like "Document structure & metadata" look odd, use "and" > > unless you really refer to the & character (like in XML character > > references). > >As a native speaker it doesn't look odd to me, and it makes for faster >reading, so I'm not convinced on this one. As a non-native speaker, I think "and" is definitely better. I don't buy the 'faster reading' at all. But it may be slower reading for people not very familiar with English. "&" is an abbreviation, and I don't think abbreviations are a good thing in a title. Regards, Martin.
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