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Re: NEW ISSUE: Define "ought to"

Dave Crocker <dhc2@dcrocker.net> Wed, 31 July 2013 05:21 UTC

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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:19:26 +0200
From: Dave Crocker <dhc2@dcrocker.net>
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On 7/31/2013 7:00 AM, Martin Thomson wrote:
> On 31 July 2013 06:41, Dave Crocker <dhc2@dcrocker.net> wrote:
>> Well, the choice of non-normative vocabulary would do better to be for words
>> and phrasing that are not too easily confused with the normative terms.
>> Cognitive separation will help the reader.
>
> I believe that RFC 6919 covers a lot of this ground already.


Alas, if only they'd meant the document seriously...

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