On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:20:32 +0900, Stijn Peeters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Smylers schreef:
A very minor niggle with the 'Structure of this specification' section,
which says:
There are also a couple of appendices, defining shims for WYSIWYG
editors, rendering rules for Web browsers, and listing areas that are
out of scope for this specification.
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#structure
That's 3 appendicies, which is more than a couple.
Smylers
—Idiom
14. a couple of, more than two, but not many, of; a small number of; a
few: It will take a couple of days for the package to get there. Also, a
couple.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/couple)
I assume this meaning of "a couple" is used here.
It is not the most intelligent use of english.. A couple really does mean
two, so the understanding of a native english speaker is that you really
are saying two, but lying. In this case, Smylers is correct that using
"couple" is wrong, assuming that using reasonably good english is a goal.
cheers
Chaals
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