[OASIS Issue Tracker] (VIRTIO-62) Explicitly and other adjectives

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Michael Tsirkin updated VIRTIO-62:
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    Resolution: 

accepted on 2014-03-11
applied in commit r323

> Explicitly and other adjectives
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>
>                 Key: VIRTIO-62
>                 URL: https://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/VIRTIO-62
>             Project: OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC
>          Issue Type: Bug
>         Environment: Grammar
>            Reporter: Patrick Durusau
>            Assignee: Rusty Russell
>            Priority: Minor
>
> 2 Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device reads in part:
> *****
> Unless explicitly specified otherwise
> *****
> Explicitly is an adjective that modifies "specified." 
> You and I as native English speakers know there is no difference between: "explicitly specified," and "specified."
> Unfortunately, non-native English speakers may not realize this and other adjectives, are just noise words in the text. 
> I would not mention this except that VIRTIO has the potential to be used globally and any clarity that the TC can introduce now, will save countless non-Native English speakers and translators time and effort puzzling over where the text says "explicitly" and where it is omitted. 
> For example, your specification uses the term explicitly four (4) times but, specific is used forty-three (43) times, specifically (1), specified (19), specifies (3), specify (2), and specifying (3).
> So, are any of the times you say "explicitly" specified different from the 15 times you say "specified?"
> This is just a general example and should be applied to all adjectives in the specification. (Before I finish my comments on this draft I will try to produce a list of adjectives for your consideration.) 



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