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Now: For simplicity, terms such as shown, displayed, and visible might sometimes be used ... Suggestion: For simplicity, terms such as shown, displayed, and visible are used (sometimes)... Comment: Well, might be used says, you don't know, if they are used or not. In a specification it should be clear what is used. So either "they are used", or if they are not used, don't mention it at all.
Fixed, reworded sentence similar to suggestion. https://github.com/w3c/html/pull/238 If this resolution is not satisfactory, please raise a new issue at the W3C HTML5 Issue tracker: https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/new where it will be re-triaged. Thanks!