| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Spelling |
| Date: | 2001-09-12 14:24:37 |
| Message-ID: | 200109121424.f8CEObG06787@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> ...
> > * "multi" is not a word by itself, so there is no hyphenation when it's
> > used as a prefix:
> > multibyte character, multicharacter operator name, multiversion
> > concurrency control, multicolumn index
>
> No arguments here, but...
>
> I *think* that it is typical and accepted to use hyphenation in cases
> where the base word does not have that qualification as common usage.
I agree with Thomas. The other changes Peter suggested are fine.
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