[ietf-nntp] Fwd: New NNTP standard in Working Group Last Call

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Russ Allbery said:
> Some minor comments from news.software.nntp.

I'll also answer in the group.

> 8.4  'case sensistive'
> -> 'case-sensitive'

It doesn't matter how much you try, there's always one slips through.

> 8.4.1  'and not including either the "." CRLF terminating the response nor
> any "." added for "byte-stuffing" purposes'
> -> The meaning is clear, but is "not ... either ... nor any" OK? (I would
> use 'or' in stead of 'nor' there.)

This led me to think. I don't want to say "and includes neither the [dot
CRLF] nor any [stuffing dot]" because I think it will be misunderstood. On
the other hand, changing the "nor" to "or" didn't look quite right to me.

<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nor> offers me an out:

    However, when a verb is negated by not or never, and is followed by a
    verb phrase that is also to be negated (but not an entire clause),
    either or or nor can be used: He will not permit the change, or
    (or nor) even consider it.

I'm going to leave it for now, but may come back to it.

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