Thread: pgsql: Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had

pgsql: Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had

From
momjian@postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian)
Date:
Log Message:
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Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version";  seems we always had that
wrong.

Modified Files:
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    pgsql/doc/src/sgml:
        release.sgml (r1.534 -> r1.535)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml?r1=1.534&r2=1.535)

Re: pgsql: Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had

From
Heikki Linnakangas
Date:
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Log Message:
> -----------
> Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version";  seems we always had that
> wrong.

Actually, shouldn't that be "Migrate to Version"?

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Re: pgsql: Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Log Message:
> > -----------
> > Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version";  seems we always had that
> > wrong.
>
> Actually, shouldn't that be "Migrate to Version"?

I was wondering about that.  Because "to" is not before a verb, like "to
run", it seems it should be capitalized:

    http://www.tc-forum.org/topicmai/ml03capi.htm
    http://answer.google.com/answers/threadview?id=349913

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Re: pgsql: Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had

From
Heikki Linnakangas
Date:
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> Log Message:
>>> -----------
>>> Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version";  seems we always had that
>>> wrong.
>> Actually, shouldn't that be "Migrate to Version"?
>
> I was wondering about that.  Because "to" is not before a verb, like "to
> run", it seems it should be capitalized:
>
>     http://www.tc-forum.org/topicmai/ml03capi.htm
>     http://answer.google.com/answers/threadview?id=349913

I think you're misinterpreting that. "To", as in "migrate to version",
is a preposition. Therefore it should *not* be capitalized, per the
"don't capitalize prepositions shorter than 4 characters" rule. The "to
before a verb" rule refers to infinitives, like in "to run", where the
"to" is not a preposition, so it basically says that "to" should never
be capitalized, whether it's used as a preposition or as a particle.

Just my two pence, I certainly don't claim to be an expert in English
grammar ;-)...

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   Heikki Linnakangas
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Re: pgsql: Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> >> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>> Log Message:
> >>> -----------
> >>> Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version";  seems we always had that
> >>> wrong.
> >> Actually, shouldn't that be "Migrate to Version"?
> >
> > I was wondering about that.  Because "to" is not before a verb, like "to
> > run", it seems it should be capitalized:
> >
> >     http://www.tc-forum.org/topicmai/ml03capi.htm
> >     http://answer.google.com/answers/threadview?id=349913
>
> I think you're misinterpreting that. "To", as in "migrate to version",
> is a preposition. Therefore it should *not* be capitalized, per the
> "don't capitalize prepositions shorter than 4 characters" rule. The "to
> before a verb" rule refers to infinitives, like in "to run", where the
> "to" is not a preposition, so it basically says that "to" should never
> be capitalized, whether it's used as a preposition or as a particle.
>
> Just my two pence, I certainly don't claim to be an expert in English
> grammar ;-)...

OK, you are right. Updated.

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