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

From: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>
To: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, 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 20:00:04
Message-ID: 464B62C4.6070109@kaltenbrunner.cc
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Gregory Stark wrote:
> "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.

yes indeed - looks pretty weird to me at least (as a non native speaker)

Stefan

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