- From: Kelly Miller <lightsolphoenix@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 03:41:29 -0500
- To: Andrew Fedoniouk <news@terrainformatica.com>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Fedoniouk wrote: | |> You are speaking about two boxes but [css21] is |> using singular form: "a box": | |> "If the top and bottom margins of a box are adjoining, then it is |> possible for margins to collapse through it." | |> So it could be literally read as: |> "margins of a zero height box may collapse through it" | |> Is this a meaning of the phrase? collapse through what? | Yeah, looking at the spec, that point is describing the situation where the block element has no height, and therefore the top and bottom margins are right next to each other (and collapse together). That's why it uses the singular "box". - -- http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ - Get Firefox! http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ - Reclaim Your Inbox! Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD+C82wWrjHBui99cRAmikAJwK6Xa570Pq6o28/mqofYLcTslaWwCghQel TlbjNhs1kAejk0mn4DzeX/8= =K42Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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