Re: [doc] fix a potential grammer mistake

From: Junwang Zhao <zhjwpku(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Erikjan Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [doc] fix a potential grammer mistake
Date: 2022-08-03 15:14:47
Message-ID: CAEG8a3L+5v=StnyPc1L2Q4onrNcD622YD-uKsSo-tn0hV6=YhQ@mail.gmail.com
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Attachment is a corrected version based on Tom's suggestion.

Thanks.

On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 9:56 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Erikjan Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl> writes:
> > I don't think these "were"s are wrong but arguably changing them to
> > "have" helps non-native speakers (like myself), as it doesn't change the
> > meaning significantly as far as I can see.
>
> I think it does --- it changes the meaning from passive to active.
> I don't necessarily object to rewriting these sentences more broadly,
> but I don't think "have issued" is the correct phrasing.
>
> Possibly "The user issued ..." would work.
>
> regards, tom lane

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Regards
Junwang Zhao

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0001-doc-rewrite-some-comments-to-make-them-more-precise.patch application/octet-stream 1.8 KB

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