Re: [Minor] Duplicated word in "Creating a Database" tutorial

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: "matematica(dot)a3k(at)gmail(dot)com" <matematica(dot)a3k(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [Minor] Duplicated word in "Creating a Database" tutorial
Date: 2026-09-25 14:05:11
Message-ID: CAKFQuwaOrdS2qM4PvZbMZ3XA=6O0HFeUDQYutg9Oz=LO6AHeGg@mail.gmail.com
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On Friday, September 25, 2026, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> wrote:

> > On 24 Sep 2026, at 21:58, PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> wrote:
>
> > "that" is duplicated and should be removed.
>
> It seems like a correct sentence to me, removing as per your suggestion
> would
> AFAICT make it grammatically incorrect.
>

Probably, but wouldn’t saying “this user” instead of “that user” be equally
correct without making the word “that” serve two roles in the paragraph and
produce this annoying double-that construction?

David J.

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