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I'm not a native English speaker but the original sentence was equally clear to me. Can you enlighten me why you had to 'fix' it? Does it now match the rules set by Oxford and Cambridge or something?


> MIDI 2.0 is a major overhaul to the original MIDI protocol that is widely-used by musical devices

The word “that” can refer to both original MIDI and the overhaul MIDI 2.0:

MIDI 2.0 is a major overhaul that is widely used by musicians.

…the original MIDI protocol that is widely used by musicians.


It was already pretty clear from the context as a new protocol wouldn't be widely used by musical devices anyway


I disagree. I think someone unfamiliar with the field might easily go for the other meaning. Maybe 70/30%


I think in the original the "that is widely used" was ambiguous, as to whether it refers to MIDI or MIDI 2.0.




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