Re: Incorrect use of "an" and "a" in code comments and docs

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Incorrect use of "an" and "a" in code comments and docs
Date: 2018-03-05 06:09:41
Message-ID: 20180305060941.GE2266@paquier.xyz
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On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 11:21:18AM +0530, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
> At 2018-03-05 14:42:14 +0900, michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz wrote:
>>
>>> - sinval is a signal invalidation, so it seems to me that "a" is
>>> correct, not "an".
>
> I guess it depends on whether you read it as "sin-val" or "ess-inval".

That is an ex-aequo in the core code: there are two places with "an
sinval" and two with "a sinval".
--
Michael

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