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Re: [Ltru] Issue #61: Problem with MAY in 3.5 on Description errata(Apps #13)



Title: Marion Gunn * eGteo (Estab
That MAY use is a fuzziness specific to English, Doug - all languages have their own features, so readers of this doc will be well aware of the uses of MAY, etc. Might I suggest, at this stage, that, since the rate of LTRU msgs coming in during the time allocated for this work made it impossible for anyone otherwise gainfully employed to read and comment on all issues, big and small. You may rest assured that experts reading this group's final document will make allowance for the fact that most who contributed to its compilation have never studied English, or any other language, to any depth, so their principal responsibilites were (a) to consult those who have and (b) not to add any more to the number of errors already contained in the documents referenced internally in said document. Please let it go now, as the best that could be done with the brief and the team available, without causing further delay up the line, where it is awaited.

Sincerely,
mg


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Marion Gunn * eGteo (Estab.1991)

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Scríobh Doug Ewell:

Martin J. Dürst <duerst at it dot aoyama dot ac dot jp> wrote:

Please express your preference

For the record, I have no opinion on this matter, since my understanding of the capitalized RFC 2119 keyword "MAY" does not agree with other WG members.  I thought it referred only to that which processes were permitted, but not required, to do, but it turns out that it is also acceptable for stating simple possibility as well.

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