- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:33:05 -0800
- To: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> wrote: > To clarify further, it is confusing and unreasonable, because the word > `edge' is first introduced as a synonym for `perimeter', and now it is > also being used to refer to part of the perimeter (or, should I say `edge'?) Both usages of the term are appropriate and normal in English. >>> * The phrase `top edge' is equivalent to the phrase `top of the edge' >>> (or at least the `edge' in `top edge' has no meaning by itself). >> >> No, it refers to the top edge - that is, the top segment of the >> perimeter. I think your trouble here is that you're stuck on the fact >> that the *entire* perimeter of the box is called an "edge", and then >> that edge is broken up into four sub-edges. An edge can be made of >> edges! > > Look at what you've just done. > > You've had to clarify yourself by using `perimeter' and `sub-edge'. > > You essentially admit that terms that the spec uses are completely > unreasonable and inadequate for expressing yourself precisely. No, I defined the terms more clearly, in case you were confused by something. I can't very well define a term by *using* the term, so I used different terms that mean the same thing. That doesn't imply that the original term should be replaced by the term used in the definition. ~TJ
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