[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] | [List Home]
Subject: Naughty words and phrases (ODF all versions)
Dear all, The following word and phrases are used in the normative text of ODF. They need to be removed and the surrounding text re-worked: * "usually" (e.g. "[t]he value of a field is usually stored in an attribute" p. 124) * "typically" (e.g. "empty rows typically introduce a default row" p. 175) * "in general" or "generally" (e.g. "[i]n general, if r is the radius of the polygon, and s is the sharpness, the inner corners a [sic] located on a ellipse that's [sic] radius is r(100-s)/100" p. 397) * "similar to" (e.g. "[t]he attribute value syntax is similar to vector3D" p.380) * "most" as the sole distinguishing feature of a class of things normatively described (e.g. "most drawing objects have four standard glue points" p. 217) * "may only" instead of "shall only", "shall", etc. (e.g. "[c]ustom metadata elements may only occur in OpenDocument extended documents" p. 95) * "even" as a rhetorical intensifier (e.g. "the cursor position could be also between arbitrary elements, or even within tags" p. 88) * "then" as connective verbiage (e.g. "[i]f the document is a single XML document, then the XML root elements of the document shall be valid" p. 78) * "might" and "might not" (e.g. "the application might or might not display such fields" p. 556) * "must" instead of "shall" (e.g. "the lists must be split" p. 108) * "as possible" as an undefined property (e.g. "number:country attributes whose values are as close as possible to the actual value" p. 445) * "possible" as applied to prescribed normative behaviour (e.g. "if the value of the attribute is true, the application keeps the style if possible" p. 503) * "in terms of" when that isn't strictly what is meant (e.g. "[t]he column width is not specified in a percentage length, but rather in terms of relative weights" p. 500) - Alex.
[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] | [List Home]