- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:48:39 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Etan Wexler <ewexler@stickdog.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Etan Wexler wrote:
>
> Bert Bos wrote to <mailto:www-style@w3.org> on 9 February 2004:
>
>> Your e-mail:
>> [...]
>>
>> D) A reference to "page box width" in chapter 13. This also seems
>> to want the content width.
>>
>> CSS WG response:
>>
>> [...]
>> D is referring to the {{page box} width} not the {page {box
>> width}}.
>
> English doesn't work in the manner intended. Suggested replacements
> include "width of the page box", "page-box width", and "page box's
> width".
I don't understand why English doesn't work in the manner intended. There
is no such thing as "box width", but there is a locally defined term "page
box", so why would you parse "page box width" to mean "page {box width}"?
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