RE: typo

I think "table rows themselves" makes sense. I came up with another alternative as below, as long as it does not change the message, the sentence is trying to convey.

"TOAST table, which is used for out-of-line storage of field values that are too large to keep [or, be kept] within the original table."

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-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Rijkers [mailto:er(at)xs4all(dot)nl]
Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2018 1:35 AM
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>; Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>; Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>; Ahmed, Nawaz <Nawaz(at)fast(dot)au(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>; pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: typo

On 2018-11-26 15:14, Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> writes:
>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 08:17:06AM +0100, Vik Fearing wrote:
>>> On 26/11/2018 08:03, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>>> Are you sure that's right? To me the original wording of that
>>>> sentence seems to convey the message properly, and the update done
>>>> does not?
>
>>> Yeah, I just found this on the committers list and I disagree with
>>> the change as well.
>
>> [... checking around ...]
>> Hm. I have read the sentence and the surroundings a couple of times
>> before doing anything, and using an adverb looked clearer than the
>> adjective. Is an adjective more appropriate than an adverb here
>> because it insists more on the fact that each row is involved? Just
>> trying to grab the difference.
>
> I think that text is mine originally, and it was not a typo. The
> meaning of "table rows proper", in this case, is basically "table rows
> themelves".

Maybe that is not a bad alternative
"table rows themselves"

Even if that sounds slightly less idiomatic than the original, I think it'd be less of a stumbling block for non-native readers.

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