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From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Incorrect use of "an" and "a" in code comments and docs
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Msg-id 20180305063207.dka6y6hymj7agr34@alap3.anarazel.de
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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 2018-03-05 11:21:18 +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".

It stands for shared invalidation, so I'd vote for the former. Not that
I think this really matters... ;)

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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