Re: [CSSWG][css-shapes] CSS Shapes Level 1 Candidate Recommendation

On 7/28/15, 8:13 AM, "fantasai" <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote:

>On 07/26/2015 04:23 PM, Alan Stearns wrote:
>>
>> Sure. Expand and enlarge are synonyms. Either works, and it just
>>happened
>> to be enlarge that came to mind when I made the change. I don’t quite
>> understand your nitpicking between the two. Here are the definitions I
>> find in Dictionary.app:
>>
>> become or make larger or more extensive
>>
>> make or become bigger or more extensive
>>
>> Can you tell which one is which? Do we really need to spend more time
>> emailing back and forth on this?
>
>The difference is in the connotations, not the denotations, and I happen
>to agree with Brad here -- enlarge has a stronger link to a scaling
>operation, whereas expand has a stronger link to outsetting a boundary.

I don’t agree, but I’ve made the change so that everyone can stop wasting
time on this.

Received on Tuesday, 28 July 2015 15:52:21 UTC