Ian, Doug,
On Jan 8, 2007, at 5:11 PM, ext Ian Hickson wrote:
On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Doug Schepers wrote:
This sentence is grammatically incorrect and confusing: "Bindings
can be
attached to elements using either cascading style sheets, the
document
object model, or by declaring, in XBL, that a particular element in a
particular namespace is implemented by a particular binding."
"Either" applies only to 2 alternatives, not several. The reader is
left wondering how to group the "2" alternatives.
The American Heritage dictionary seems to disagree with you. Indeed it
explicitly states that the "2" rule for either only applies when it is
used as a pronoun or adjective (here it is used as a conjunction, I
believe), and even further goes to say that even for pronouns and
adjectives the rule is not accepted by all writers.
Seems like just removing "either" would be sufficient.
