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

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Incorrect use of "an" and "a" in code comments and docs
Date: 2018-03-05 06:32:07
Message-ID: 20180305063207.dka6y6hymj7agr34@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2018-03-05 11:21:18 +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".

It stands for shared invalidation, so I'd vote for the former. Not that
I think this really matters... ;)

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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