| From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> |
| Cc: | Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Fix typos - "an" instead of "a" |
| Date: | 2021-12-09 00:25:31 |
| Message-ID: | CAKFQuwa-K5GhCrjJwBKB4wrFOenMNngS73nY1_GdpoDPtAkg5A@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 5:12 PM Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 07:30:48AM +1100, Peter Smith wrote:
>
> - # safe: cross compilers may not add the suffix if given an `-o'
> + # safe: cross compilers may not add the suffix if given a `-o'
> # argument, so we may need to know it at that point already.
> On this one, I think that you are right, and I can see that this is
> the most common practice (aka grep --oids). But my brain also tells
> me that this is not completely wrong either. Thoughts?
>
>
I would read that aloud most comfortably using "an". I found an article
that seems to further support this since it both sounds like a vowel (oh)
and is also a letter (oh).
https://www.grammar.com/a-vs-an-when-to-use
David J.
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