Re: BUG #13589: content error - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From John R Pierce
Subject Re: BUG #13589: content error
Date
Msg-id 55DCEC86.4050401@hogranch.com
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In response to Re: BUG #13589: content error  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
List pgsql-bugs
On 8/25/2015 3:06 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yep, let's fix that.
>
> On 2015-08-25 20:37:43 +0000,barnettluisa@gmail.com  wrote:
>> >"Possibly, your site administrator has already created a database for your
>> >use. He should have told you what the name of your database is. In that case
>> >you can omit this step and skip ahead to the next section."
> Maybe: "Possibly, your site administrator has already created a database
> for your use, in which case you should already have been told what the
> name of your database. ..."?

I think thats excessively wordy and contrived.    'They" [1] would be a
perfectly valid usage, but "He" [2] is totally legitimate as the generic
case.

    "Possibly, your site administrator has already created a database for your
    use. They should have told you what the name of your database is. In that case
    you can omit this step and skip ahead to the next section."



references:
[1] http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/they
[2] http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/he



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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

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