Re: [PATCH] Fix a tiny typo in the documentation

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: Robin Dupret <robin(dot)dupret(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix a tiny typo in the documentation
Date: 2025-01-22 13:38:34
Message-ID: CAKFQuwYoGK8bZfztb0mw3QdukbDjQqQu4gPsPn3-9BZ5BUz8Bw@mail.gmail.com
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On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> wrote:

> > On 22 Jan 2025, at 11:23, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> wrote:
> >> On 22 Jan 2025, at 09:27, Robin Dupret <robin(dot)dupret(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> >> - special provision: you must write
> >> + special provision you must write:
> >
> > Nice catch, will fix.
>
> Re-reading it I think both placements of ':' are grammatically correct (not
> being a native speaker might trick me). The current one is, I'm sure,
> intentional but I agree it looks a bit odd to continue the sentence into a
> <programlisting> block and ending it without punctuation. For now I'm
> inclined
> to leave it though.
>
>
The colon does belong after provision, not write. If the colon is
bothersome rewrite to avoid it altogether. But the status quo works for me.

David J.

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