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 \end{note}
 
 \pnum
-A class is regarded as complete
-where its definition is reachable and
-within its complete-class contexts;
-otherwise it is regarded as incomplete within its own class
-\grammarterm{member-specification}.
+A class is complete
+where its definition is reachable, and
+in complete-class contexts within its \grammarterm{member-specification}.
+Otherwise it is incomplete,
+including in other parts of its \grammarterm{member-specification}.
 
 \pnum
 In a \grammarterm{member-declarator},