Pete Resnick writes: > 5322 (nee 2822upd) is in AUTH48. During this process, the editor noted > some confusion about some of the text: Sometimes when I say (e.g.) > "phrase", it's not clear whether I'm referring to the ABNF terminal > "phrase" or a description of it. > ... > Choice (A): "Don't touch a damn thing, Pete! It's too much of a risk > to screw things up, and we're moving to Draft Standard. And nothing > is so ambiguous as to make any difference."
My preference would be a variation of (a). Don't touch anything except where the editor noted. Consider rephrasing those specific sentences, and glance fleetingly to see if the same sentences appear elsewhere in the document.
+1 Ned