[NNTP] Extension snapshots 3

[Ken Murchison]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
> Jeffrey M. Vinocur said:
> 
>>There's something askew grammatically there (the implicit subject of 
>>the last clause is "a server," but the verb is "have").  I tried 
>>rephrasing:
>>
>>"If a server supports the MODE STREAM, CHECK, and TAKETHIS commands, it 
>>MUST return a 203 response to the MODE STREAM command (or 501 if an 
>>argument is given), [but / and] the command MUST NOT have any other 
>>effect."
>>
>>But that's a little awkward regardless of if I use "but" or "and"?  I'm 
>>having trouble with this one.
> 
> 
> "If a server supports the MODE STREAM, CHECK, and TAKETHIS commands, the
> MODE STREAM command MUST return a 203 response (or 501 if an argument is
> given), [but / and] MUST NOT have any other effect."

How about splitting the sentence, e.g.:

"If a server supports the CHECK and TAKETHIS commands it MUST return a 
203 response to the MODE STREAM command (or 501 if an argument is 
given).  The MODE STREAM command MUST NOT affect any changes on the server".


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