Re: BUG #13589: content error

From: Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: barnettluisa(at)gmail(dot)com, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, PostgreSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: BUG #13589: content error
Date: 2015-08-26 01:31:47
Message-ID: CAM-w4HNB5TfQ607f8TP=op6bBbQf9jO9tgtYRG3zYmNCLpw21A@mail.gmail.com
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On 25 Aug 2015 23:31, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>
> This is what I suggested:
>
> "Possibly, your site administrators have already created a database for
> your use. They should have told you what the name of your database is.
> In that case you can omit this step and skip ahead to the next
> section."

For what it's worth there is a long history of using "plural" pronouns
"they", " them", "their" for singular persons. It's becoming
increasingly standard but it's always been around. It wouldn't be
incorrect to adopt that style though it might invite misguided pedants
and debates on that point.

c.f. http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?cat=27

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