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From Thomas Munro
Subject Re: Incorrect use of "an" and "a" in code comments and docs
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Msg-id CAEepm=2QM75MEgLpTx7SHvufJGLdqphJaqciYTmw4ak0TgSSyA@mail.gmail.com
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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>)
Responses Re: Incorrect use of "an" and "a" in code comments and docs  (Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>)
Re: Incorrect use of "an" and "a" in code comments and docs  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 6:51 PM, Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@2ndquadrant.com> 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".

$ git grep ' a SQL ' | wc -l
     642
$ git grep ' an SQL ' | wc -l
     219

/me grabs popcorn

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Thomas Munro
http://www.enterprisedb.com

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