Re: pgsql: Fix psql doc typo.

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Fix psql doc typo.
Date: 2012-05-06 12:11:17
Message-ID: 20120506121117.GA11136@momjian.us
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On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 11:28:59PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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> On 05/05/2012 12:36 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 05:04:24PM +0100, Thom Brown wrote:
> >>On 5 May 2012 17:00, Bruce Momjian<bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> >>>Fix psql doc typo.
> >>Are you sure about this? Looked fine before.
> >The change is:
> >
> > - For some types of relation,<literal>\d</> shows additional information
> > + For some types of relations,<literal>\d</> shows additional information
> >
> >Isn't 'types' plural so 'relations' has to be plural. I saw this while
> >working on the release notes.
>
> Yes, "types" is plural, but that doesn't mean that "relation" is
> necessarily wrong here, AFAIK. I don't see why you can't have plural
> types of a singular category. If you can cite a rule of English
> grammar to the contrary I'd like to see it.

I was just guessing by how it sounded. Reverted.

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