[Cfp-interest 3243] Re: English clauses in the standard

[Mike Cowlishaw]

> There are places that sentences are
> 
>  	Unless specified otherwise (1)
> 
>  	Unless otherwise noted (1)
> 
>  	Unless otherwise specified (6)
> 
>  	Except as noted (1)
> 
>  	Except as stated (3)
> 
>  	[Unless|except] explicitly [specified|stated] otherwise (22)
> 
> Why so many twists?

Something of a fallout from the standards process in a large document.
Often sections are not revisited for years and different editors (and
suggestors of text) have different styles.  Pulling these sort of things
into line takes a lot of time (reading, reviewing, proposals, votes for
change, etc.) that perhaps is not always worthwhile.  It's very different
from writing a book with only one author.

Mike