Re: pgsql: Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs:"<link>, which see for

From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: "Neil Conway" <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, <pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgsql: Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs:"<link>, which see for
Date: 2007-05-16 19:49:35
Message-ID: 873b1w1rcg.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com
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"Neil Conway" <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> writes:

> On Wed, 2007-16-05 at 15:10 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I beg to differ.
>
> On what grounds?

"which see" is an unusual formulation but it's actually pretty standard. You
see it a lot in older texts. IIRC it's used heavily in the TeX book.

It's probably not a bad idea to avoid it though given that many readers will
indeed be surprised by it.

--
Gregory Stark
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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