Re: Docs: Standardize "cannot" usage in SGML source - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Docs: Standardize "cannot" usage in SGML source
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Msg-id aUxJI7k09XMl9dFP@momjian.us
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In response to Docs: Standardize "cannot" usage in SGML source  (Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Docs: Standardize "cannot" usage in SGML source
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at 06:00:20PM +0800, Chao Li wrote:
> Hi Hacker,
> 
> While reviewing a patch, I happened to notice the PG docs prefer “cannot” than
> “can not”.
> 
> Under doc/src/sgml, if we count:
> ```
> sgml % grep -r "cannot" . | wc -l
>      818
> ```
> 
> “Cannot” has 818 occurrences, but “can not” has only 3:

Looks good, patch applied.

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