Re: pgsql: Fix psql doc typo.

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Fix psql doc typo.
Date: 2012-05-06 03:28:59
Message-ID: 4FA5EFFB.10900@dunslane.net
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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.

cheers

andrew

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