Thread: Phrasing to consider (non-technical)
The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/static/datatype-datetime.html Description: On the page for Data Types - DateTime, there is this part of a sentence: "....so the same time zone names are also recognized by much other software." The phrase of "much other software" is what caught me. An optional replacement would be: "many other software systems." or "multiple software packages." "much" has a connotation that doesn't fit here as well as "many" or "multiple" would. Thanks for the documentation. It has been very helpful in clarifying some things. --Kevin.
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 02:50:22PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/static/datatype-datetime.html > Description: > > On the page for Data Types - DateTime, there is this part of a sentence: > > "....so the same time zone names are also recognized by much other > software." > > The phrase of "much other software" is what caught me. An optional > replacement would be: "many other software systems." or "multiple software > packages." > > "much" has a connotation that doesn't fit here as well as "many" or > "multiple" would. > > Thanks for the documentation. It has been very helpful in clarifying some > things. I just went with simpler text, patch attached and backpatched. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription +
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 04:56:40PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 02:50:22PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/static/datatype-datetime.html > > Description: > > > > On the page for Data Types - DateTime, there is this part of a sentence: > > > > "....so the same time zone names are also recognized by much other > > software." > > > > The phrase of "much other software" is what caught me. An optional > > replacement would be: "many other software systems." or "multiple software > > packages." > > > > "much" has a connotation that doesn't fit here as well as "many" or > > "multiple" would. > > > > Thanks for the documentation. It has been very helpful in clarifying some > > things. > > I just went with simpler text, patch attached and backpatched. Ah, removed one too many words. The new text is now: names are also recognized by other software. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription +