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

From: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Incorrect use of "an" and "a" in code comments and docs
Date: 2018-03-05 06:42:40
Message-ID: CAEepm=2QM75MEgLpTx7SHvufJGLdqphJaqciYTmw4ak0TgSSyA@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 6:51 PM, Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> 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".

$ git grep ' a SQL ' | wc -l
642
$ git grep ' an SQL ' | wc -l
219

/me grabs popcorn

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Thomas Munro
http://www.enterprisedb.com

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