[html5] r1484 - /

[whatwg at whatwg.org]

Author: ianh
Date: 2008-04-23 00:21:49 -0700 (Wed, 23 Apr 2008)
New Revision: 1484

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[a] (0) Mention how to handle plurals in abbreviation expansions.

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2008-04-23 05:10:09 UTC (rev 1483)
+++ index	2008-04-23 07:21:49 UTC (rev 1484)
@@ -11278,6 +11278,26 @@
 backfill the <abbr>WHATWG</abbr> issue graph.</p></pre>
   </div>
 
+  <p>If an abbreviation is pluralised, the expansion's grammatical number
+   (plural vs singular) must match the grammatical number of the contents of
+   the element.
+
+  <div class=example>
+   <p>Here the plural is outside the element, so the expansion is in the
+    singular:</p>
+
+   <pre><p>Two <abbr title="Working Group">WG</abbr>s worked on
+this specification: the <abbr>WHATWG</abbr> and the
+<abbr>HTMLWG</abbr>.</p></pre>
+
+   <p>Here the plural is inside the element, so the expansion is in the
+    plural:</p>
+
+   <pre><p>Two <abbr title="Working Groups">WGs</abbr> worked on
+this specification: the <abbr>WHATWG</abbr> and the
+<abbr>HTMLWG</abbr>.</p></pre>
+  </div>
+
   <h4 id=the-time><span class=secno>3.10.10 </span>The <dfn
    id=time><code>time</code></dfn> element</h4>
 
@@ -48825,8 +48845,8 @@
    Pieters, Stefan Haustein, Stephen Ma, Steve Faulkner, Steve Runyon, Steven
    Garrity, Stewart Brodie, Stuart Parmenter, Tantek Çelik, Terrence
    Wood, Thomas Broyer, Thomas O'Connor, Tim Altman, Tyler Close, Vladimir
-   Vuki&#x0107;evi&#x0107;, Wakaba, William Swanson, and Øistein E.
-   Andersen, for their useful and substantial comments.
+   Vuki&#x0107;evi&#x0107;, Wakaba, Wayne Pollock, William Swanson, and
+   Øistein E. Andersen, for their useful and substantial comments.
 
   <p>Thanks also to everyone who has ever posted about HTML5 to their blogs,
    public mailing lists, or forums, including the <a

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2008-04-23 05:10:09 UTC (rev 1483)
+++ source	2008-04-23 07:21:49 UTC (rev 1484)
@@ -9390,7 +9390,29 @@
 backfill the <abbr>WHATWG</abbr> issue graph.</p></pre>
   </div>
 
+  <p>If an abbreviation is pluralised, the expansion's grammatical
+  number (plural vs singular) must match the grammatical number of the
+  contents of the element.</p>
 
+  <div class="example">
+
+   <p>Here the plural is outside the element, so the expansion is in
+   the singular:</p>
+
+   <pre><p>Two <abbr title="Working Group">WG</abbr>s worked on
+this specification: the <abbr>WHATWG</abbr> and the
+<abbr>HTMLWG</abbr>.</p></pre>
+
+   <p>Here the plural is inside the element, so the expansion is in
+   the plural:</p>
+
+   <pre><p>Two <abbr title="Working Groups">WGs</abbr> worked on
+this specification: the <abbr>WHATWG</abbr> and the
+<abbr>HTMLWG</abbr>.</p></pre>
+
+  </div>
+
+
   <h4>The <dfn><code>time</code></dfn> element</h4>
 
   <dl class="element">
@@ -43982,8 +44004,9 @@
   Stephen Ma, Steve Faulkner, Steve Runyon, Steven Garrity, Stewart
   Brodie, Stuart Parmenter, Tantek Çelik, Terrence Wood, Thomas
   Broyer, Thomas O'Connor, Tim Altman, Tyler Close, Vladimir
-  Vuki&#x0107;evi&#x0107;, Wakaba, William Swanson, and Øistein
-  E. Andersen, for their useful and substantial comments.</p>
+  Vuki&#x0107;evi&#x0107;, Wakaba, Wayne Pollock, William Swanson, and
+  Øistein E. Andersen, for their useful and substantial
+  comments.</p>
 
   <p>Thanks also to everyone who has ever posted about HTML5 to their
   blogs, public mailing lists, or forums, including the <a