der Mouse wrote:
Line 304: SHOULD be sent. Note that normally, status messages are only sent by s/only sent by/sent by only/I've not done this one - the result struck me as more awkward than what we have. Instead, I've made it "Note that normally, status messages are only sent by the server (in response to requests from the client)." I presume this achieves the clarification you were after...It still suffers from the problem: the "only" is attached to the wrong thing. See http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/modifiers.htm for a
I disagree. Maybe I'm wrong, but imho, "only" is modifying the verb, not the server. As such, it complies with the strict interpretation on that page: 'Many careful writers will insist that "only" be placed immediately before the word or phrase it modifies'. In their example, "barely" is indeed modifying "twenty yards" and not "kicked", but I don't think that's the case here.
Aside from what the strictest rules of grammar say on the subject, "...are sent by only the server..." sounds.. well.. awful (to my ears).
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