Re: [HACKERS] pg_indexes

From: Tom Ivar Helbekkmo <tih(at)nhh(dot)no>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] pg_indexes
Date: 1998-10-24 08:27:19
Message-ID: 86r9vy5pqw.fsf@athene.nhh.no
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Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

> Sorry to be nit-picky, but is pg_indexes proper English. Isn't it
> pg_indices?

In proper English, "indices" is plural of the singular noun "index".
In American, "indexes" is also allowed. (In proper English, "indexes"
is a conjugation of the transitive verb "index", of course.)

-tih
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