Re: [Doc] Glossary Term Definitions Edits

2023-10-14 Thread Andrew Atkinson
> It would depend on how you pronounce SQL. Got it, makes sense. > We've standardised our docs Makes sense. This "a vs. an" could be a nice thing to add to a "conventions" or "doc standards" if it's not there already. I checked https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/notation.html and

Re: [Doc] Glossary Term Definitions Edits

2023-10-13 Thread Erik Wienhold
On 2023-10-14 06:16 +0200, Andrew Atkinson write: >- When describing options for a command, changed to “option of” instead >of “option to” I think "option to" is not wrong (maybe less common). I've seen this in other texts and took it as "the X option [that applies] to Y". >-

Re: [Doc] Glossary Term Definitions Edits

2023-10-13 Thread David Rowley
On Sat, 14 Oct 2023, 5:20 pm Andrew Atkinson, wrote: > >- Many examples of “an SQL”. I changed those to “a SQL...”. For >example I changed “An SQL command which” to “A SQL command that”. I'm not >an English major so maybe I'm missing something here. > > It would depend on how you

[Doc] Glossary Term Definitions Edits

2023-10-13 Thread Andrew Atkinson
Hello. I started reading through the Glossary[^1] terms to learn from the definitions, and to double check them against what I'd written elsewhere. I found myself making edits. :) I've put the edits together into a patch. My goal was to focus on wording simplifications that are smoother to read,