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RE: [Ltru] Re: Finishing off #1026 (Was: Re: status? last call?)



That's a better form for the sentence, and, as it is editorial in the extreme, I'll make the change.

Addison

Addison P. Phillips
Globalization Architect, Quest Software
Chair, W3C Internationalization Core Working Group

Internationalization is not a feature.
It is an architecture. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John.Cowan [mailto:jcowan at reutershealth.com]
> Sent: 2005?7?12? 19:30
> To: Addison Phillips
> Cc: ltru at ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [Ltru] Re: Finishing off #1026 (Was: Re: status? last call?)
> 
> Addison Phillips scripsit:
> 
> > Notes below.
> 
> These all look fine to me, except:
> 
> > > 	TYPO: "will lend" in 3.6 ==> "will tend";
> > [Addison Phillips]
> >
> > Not a typo. Here's the sentence:
> >
> > In addition,
> >     defining a mechanism for maintaining single-letter subtags will lend
> to the
> >     stability of this document by reducing the likely need for future
> revisions
> >     or updates.
> 
> "Lend" without a direct object is unidiomatic.  I think you want "will
> lend stability to this document".
> 
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