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From Xuneng Zhou
Subject Re: Fix Grammar in Buffer Lock Wait Message
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Msg-id CABPTF7U2_Qp76EpY5Jmx8eKCJ+oThFvan=L6ehETR5sz5dm00Q@mail.gmail.com
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Hi Guoqing,

On Wed, Jul 1, 2026 at 9:45 AM Guoqing Yang <yanggq1988@126.com> wrote:
>
> Fix grammar in buffer lock wait message
>
> Correct the wait message from "Waiting to acquire a exclusive lock on a buffer"
> to "Waiting to acquire an exclusive lock on a buffer".
>
> The word "exclusive" starts with a vowel sound, so the indefinite article
> should be "an" instead of "a".

This seems to be a typo. I asked Sol to check this kind of issue in
the tree, and it found a bunch of them. Do you bother to do a further
check? As John suggested, we better fix grammar issues wholesale[1].

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CANWCAZaZgQN54ccVheWd%3Dyg2KW_c1vTPB7hd0CXkqBNLD2-pDA%40mail.gmail.com

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Regards,
Xuneng Zhou
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
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