| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> |
| Cc: | riivo(dot)kolka(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Not an error but a difficult wording |
| Date: | 2023-01-26 01:39:01 |
| Message-ID: | 2873117.1674697141@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> writes:
> On Wed, 2023-01-25 at 08:22 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
>> Maybe this would be better? (I don't know the comma rules)
>> "because the files(,?) that are generated/processed by these tools(,?) are
>> already included in the tarball"
> +1
> Correct English would be:
> These tools are not needed to build from a distribution tarball, because
> the files generated by these tools are included in the tarball.
The existing wording is not incorrect AFAICS, but I agree it's a bit
awkward. I'd modify one word in your version:
These tools are not needed to build from a distribution tarball, because
the files generated using these tools are included in the tarball.
Or possibly "with" instead of "using"?
regards, tom lane
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