On 3/30/16 4:46 PM, Adam Roach wrote: > On 3/30/16 09:34, Dave Crocker wrote: >> It's worth distinguishing between rules that make the writers more >> comfortable, from rules that aid the reading efficacy in practical >> terms. > > Forcing implementors to read through the linguistic contortions > authors make to avoid using perfectly good English words doesn't do > them any favors. This odd game of charades -- "one syllable... sounds > like... desk? wood?" -- does not aid clarity. Much the opposite. Ok. But neither should authors and editors be afraid of 2119. Those definitions are there to help both the reader and the writer, so that intent is clear. Eliot
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