Re: pgsql: Fix psql doc typo. - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: pgsql: Fix psql doc typo.
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Msg-id 4FA5EFFB.10900@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: pgsql: Fix psql doc typo.  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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On 05/05/2012 12:36 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 05:04:24PM +0100, Thom Brown wrote:
>> On 5 May 2012 17:00, Bruce Momjian<bruce@momjian.us>  wrote:
>>> Fix psql doc typo.
>> Are you sure about this?  Looked fine before.
> The change is:
>
>   -        For some types of relation,<literal>\d</>  shows additional information
>   +        For some types of relations,<literal>\d</>  shows additional information
>
> Isn't 'types' plural so 'relations' has to be plural.  I saw this while
> working on the release notes.

Yes, "types" is plural, but that doesn't mean that "relation" is
necessarily wrong here, AFAIK. I don't see why you can't have plural
types of a singular category. If you can cite a rule of English grammar
to the contrary I'd like to see it.

cheers

andrew


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