- From: Anton Prowse <prowse@moonhenge.net>
- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:58:41 +0200
- To: www-style@w3.org
- CC: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
fantasai wrote: > Anton Prowse wrote: >> 6.6.5 :nth-child() pseudo-class >> (http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-selectors-20090310/#nth-child-pseudo) >> : >> >> # The :nth-child(an+b) pseudo-class notation represents an element >> # that has an+b-1 siblings before it in the document tree, for a given >> # positive integer or zero value of n, and has a parent element. >> >> Issue 5a: s/for a given/for some/. Ditto for the description of the >> other related pseudo-elements. > > Replaced with "for any". > "for some value" is the mathematically precise way of formulating this type of sentence, whilst "for any value" is ambiguous. However, since the interpretation of "for any value" as "for all values" is nonsensical here (meaning that "for some value" is the only remaining sensible interpretation) I can live with the change if you think it's more accessible to non-mathematicians! Cheers, Anton Prowse http://dev.moonhenge.net
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