| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | "May", "can", "might" |
| Date: | 2007-01-30 17:39:26 |
| Message-ID: | 200701301739.l0UHdQS05488@momjian.us |
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Standard English uses "may", "can", and "might" in different ways:
may - permission, "You may borrow my rake."
can - ability, "I can lift that log."
might - possibility, "It might rain today."
Unfortunately, in conversational English, their use is often mixed, as
in, "You may use this variable to do X", when in fact, "can" is a better
choice. Similarly, "It may crash" is better stated, "It might crash".
I would like to clean up our documentation to consistently use these
words. Objections?
(Who says were obsessive?) :-)
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Bruce Momjian bruce(at)momjian(dot)us
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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