[css-inline] wordsmithing

Author: dauwhe

css-inline/Overview.bs

@@ -2529,18 +2529,18 @@ An initial letter does not affect the position of its containing element. For 
 
 <h4 id="short-para-initial-letter">Short paragraphs with initial letters</h4>
 
-A paragraph with an initial letter may have fewer lines of text than the initial letter occupies. The initial letter acts as if it is a float, and the subsequent para may wrap around it.
+A paragraph with an initial letter may have fewer lines of text than the initial letter occupies. The initial letter acts as if it is a float, and the subsequent para must wrap around it.
 
 <figure>
 <img src="initial-letter-short-para.png" alt="short para with initial letter" width="600"/>
-<p class="caption">The red text is a short paragraph with an initial letter. Note the subsequent paragraph wraps around the initial letter as if it were a float.</p>
+<p class="caption">The red text is a short paragraph with an initial letter. Note the subsequent paragraph wraps around the initial letter just as text in the paragraph with the initial letter does.</p>
 </figure>
 
-If the subsequent paragraph also has an initial letter, then that initial letter must clear the float of the previous initial letter.
+If the subsequent paragraph starts with an initial letter, then it must clear the previous paragraph’s initial letter.
 
 <figure>
 <img src="initial-letter-short-para-initial.png" alt="short para with initial letter followed by para with initial" width="600"/>
-<p class="caption">The red text is a short paragraph with an initial letter. If the subsequent paragraph also has an initial letter, its initial letter clears as if it was a float, too.</p>
+<p class="caption">The red text is a short paragraph with an initial letter. The subsequent paragraph clears because it also has an initial letter.</p>
 </figure>
 
 

css-inline/Overview.html

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 </p>
   <h1 class="p-name no-ref" id=title>CSS Inline Layout Module Level 3</h1>
   <h2 class="no-num no-toc no-ref heading settled" id=subtitle><span class=content>Editor’s Draft,
-    <span class=dt-updated><span class=value-title title=20141028>28 October 2014</span></span></span></h2>
+    <span class=dt-updated><span class=value-title title=20141029>29 October 2014</span></span></span></h2>
   <div data-fill-with=spec-metadata><dl><dt>This version:<dd><a class=u-url href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-inline/>http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-inline/</a><dt>Latest version:<dd><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/css-inline/>http://www.w3.org/TR/css-inline/</a><dt>Previous Versions:<dd><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-linebox-20020515/ rel=previous>http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-linebox-20020515/</a><dt>Feedback:<dd><span><a href="mailto:www-style@w3.org?subject=[css-inline] feedback">www-style@w3.org</a> with subject line “<kbd>[css-inline] <var>… message topic …</var></kbd>” (<a href=http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/ rel=discussion>archives</a>)</span><dt>Editors:<dd><div class="p-author h-card vcard"><a class="p-name fn u-email email" href=mailto:dauwhe@gmail.com>Dave Cramer</a> (<span class="p-org org">Hachette Livre</span>)</div><dd><div class="p-author h-card vcard"><a class="p-name fn u-url url" href=http://fantasai.inkedblade.net/contact>Elika J. Etemad</a> (<span class="p-org org">Invited Expert</span>)</div><dd><div class="p-author h-card vcard"><a class="p-name fn u-email email" href=mailto:szilles@adobe.com>Steve Zilles</a> (<span class="p-org org">Adobe</span>)</div><dt>Issues list:<dd><span><a href="https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&amp;product=CSS&amp;component=Linebox&amp;bug_status=NEW&amp;bug_status=ASSIGNED&amp;bug_status=REOPENED">CSS3 Line Layout issues in Bugzilla</a></span></dl></div>
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@@ -2585,18 +2585,18 @@ <h4 class="heading settled" data-level=3.7.1 id=raised-sunken-caps><span class=s
 
 <h4 class="heading settled" data-level=3.7.2 id=short-para-initial-letter><span class=secno>3.7.2. </span><span class=content>Short paragraphs with initial letters</span><a class=self-link href=#short-para-initial-letter></a></h4>
 
-<p>A paragraph with an initial letter may have fewer lines of text than the initial letter occupies. The initial letter acts as if it is a float, and the subsequent para may wrap around it.</p>
+<p>A paragraph with an initial letter may have fewer lines of text than the initial letter occupies. The initial letter acts as if it is a float, and the subsequent para must wrap around it.</p>
 
 <figure>
 <img alt="short para with initial letter" src=initial-letter-short-para.png width=600>
-<p class=caption>The red text is a short paragraph with an initial letter. Note the subsequent paragraph wraps around the initial letter as if it were a float.</p>
+<p class=caption>The red text is a short paragraph with an initial letter. Note the subsequent paragraph wraps around the initial letter just as text in the paragraph with the initial letter does.</p>
 </figure>
 
-<p>If the subsequent paragraph also has an initial letter, then that initial letter must clear the float of the previous initial letter.</p>
+<p>If the subsequent paragraph starts with an initial letter, then it must clear the previous paragraph’s initial letter.</p>
 
 <figure>
 <img alt="short para with initial letter followed by para with initial" src=initial-letter-short-para-initial.png width=600>
-<p class=caption>The red text is a short paragraph with an initial letter. If the subsequent paragraph also has an initial letter, its initial letter clears as if it was a float, too.</p>
+<p class=caption>The red text is a short paragraph with an initial letter. The subsequent paragraph clears because it also has an initial letter.</p>
 </figure>