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    <bug>
          <bug_id>22893</bug_id>
          
          <creation_ts>2013-08-06 16:35:20 +0000</creation_ts>
          <short_desc>Editorial Nit:  Abiguous use of word they</short_desc>
          <delta_ts>2013-09-03 12:30:10 +0000</delta_ts>
          <reporter_accessible>1</reporter_accessible>
          <cclist_accessible>1</cclist_accessible>
          <classification_id>1</classification_id>
          <classification>Unclassified</classification>
          <product>HTML WG</product>
          <component>HTML5 spec</component>
          <version>unspecified</version>
          <rep_platform>All</rep_platform>
          <op_sys>All</op_sys>
          <bug_status>RESOLVED</bug_status>
          <resolution>WORKSFORME</resolution>
          
          
          <bug_file_loc></bug_file_loc>
          <status_whiteboard></status_whiteboard>
          <keywords>CR</keywords>
          <priority>P2</priority>
          <bug_severity>minor</bug_severity>
          <target_milestone>---</target_milestone>
          
          
          <everconfirmed>1</everconfirmed>
          <reporter name="Bruce Bailey">bailey</reporter>
          <assigned_to name="steve faulkner">faulkner.steve</assigned_to>
          <cc>bailey</cc>
    
    <cc>faulkner.steve</cc>
    
    <cc>mike</cc>
    
    <cc>public-html-admin</cc>
    
    <cc>public-html-wg-issue-tracking</cc>
    
    <cc>robin</cc>
          
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    <commentid>91697</commentid>
    <comment_count>0</comment_count>
    <who name="Bruce Bailey">bailey</who>
    <bug_when>2013-08-06 16:35:20 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>Very last sentence at:
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/embedded-content-0.html#attr-img-alt

Use of pronoun “they” is ambiguous in this context.  Upon first reading, I thought “they” referred to “img elements” generally.

It would also probably be good to recommend what to do instead.

Current:
In particular, img elements should not be used to display transparent images, as they rarely convey meaning and rarely add anything useful to the document.

Proposed:
In particular, img elements should not be used to display transparent images, as transparent images rarely convey meaning and rarely add anything useful to the document.  CSS should be used to display transparent images.</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>92863</commentid>
    <comment_count>1</comment_count>
    <who name="Robin Berjon">robin</who>
    <bug_when>2013-09-03 12:30:10 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>EDITOR&apos;S RESPONSE: This is an Editor&apos;s Response to your comment. If you are
satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If
you have additional information and would like the Editor to reconsider, please
reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML
Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest
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yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document:

   http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html

Status: Accepted
Change Description: none
Rationale: The change has already been made.</thetext>
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