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From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: Incorrect use of "an" and "a" in code comments and docs
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Msg-id 20180305060941.GE2266@paquier.xyz
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In response to Re: Incorrect use of "an" and "a" in code comments and docs  (Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 11:21:18AM +0530, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
> At 2018-03-05 14:42:14 +0900, michael@paquier.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".

That is an ex-aequo in the core code: there are two places with "an
sinval" and two with "a sinval".
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Michael
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