From: | Marti Raudsepp <marti(at)juffo(dot)org> |
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To: | Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Various documentation typo/grammar fixes |
Date: | 2014-08-25 17:43:40 |
Message-ID: | CABRT9RDTZsY9dWCP9bjhGPqNhAPteBTb47D8fyD0pSU5uOds+g@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com> wrote:
>> * "eg" -> "e.g."
>> * "etc" -> "etc."
> These two seem to me like they should be changed; otherwise they
> just don't look correct.
Oh, right you are; I looked it up on some grammar forums and there
seems to be no question about this. I attached these changes as patch
0002.
(For the record I'm not a native English speaker, much less using
Latin in English sentences ;)
>> * "the exact same" -> "exactly the same"
> The old version sounds a bit colloquial to my ear, so it seems like
> it may be worth changing.
>> * "newly-received" -> "newly received"
>> * "recently-used" -> "recently used"
> I think these depend on context. To me, the former scans better
> when the combination of words is used as an adjective.
Attached these as patch 0003 so someone who feels more confident can
take a look.
Regards,
Marti
Attachment | Content-Type | Size |
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0002-doc-Fix-usages-of-etc.-e.g.-i.e.-et-al.patch | text/x-patch | 33.0 KB |
0003-doc-Tweaks-for-newly-recently-exact-same.patch | text/x-patch | 11.3 KB |
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