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Bug 22186 - Consider looking for instances of “you”, proposing language that is little less direct
Summary: Consider looking for instances of “you”, proposing language that is little l...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Using ARIA in HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: steve faulkner
QA Contact: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
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Reported: 2013-05-29 00:04 UTC by dmacdona
Modified: 2013-05-29 00:04 UTC (History)
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Description dmacdona 2013-05-29 00:04:23 UTC
Consider a pass over the document looking for instances of “you”, 
proposing language that is perhaps a little less direct, 
unless there is a specific reason to speak in that voice  such as:

Note: likewise, changing the role of an element does not add behaviours, properties or states of the role used. You must add those yourself.

There are 33 instances of the word “You” in the document and I think moving to the passive voice might help the overall tone of the document in many of those instances. 

For instance:

Note: likewise, changing the role of an element does not add behaviours, properties or states of the role used. Those must be added separately.

Also, are we using UK or US spelling? ... Here in Canada, we use UK spelling, but I think the default W3C is US English, is that right Michael? (behaviour vs behavior)