On Mon, 10 Aug 2009, Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote: > > "Extensions must be defined so that the use of extensions does not > contradict nor cause the non-conformance of functionality defined in the > specification." > > should be either > > "Extensions must be defined so that the use of extensions neither > contradicts nor causes the non-conformance of functionality defined in > the specification." > > or > > "Extensions must be defined so that the use of extensions does not > contradict or cause the non-conformance of functionality defined in the > specification." > > I prefer the second.
I always dislike using using "or" when something is negated... I don't know why, I always feel like the negation gets forgotten. I've used "neither". Thanks for catching this. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
