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@ 2021-07-14 18:45 PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>
2021-07-15 09:02 ` Re: ddl-basics.html plural stuff Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
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From: PG Doc comments form @ 2021-07-14 18:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/ddl-basics.html
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Probably this is horribly pedantic but 'data' is a plural word and database
people should of all humans know this. Datum is the singular. Should 'this
many columns' be 'these many columns'? A shame that Americans don't really
know English.
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@ 2021-07-15 09:02 ` Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
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From: Laurenz Albe @ 2021-07-15 09:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: azwspl@gmail.com; pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
On Wed, 2021-07-14 at 18:45 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> Probably this is horribly pedantic but 'data' is a plural word and database
> people should of all humans know this. Datum is the singular. Should 'this
> many columns' be 'these many columns'? A shame that Americans don't really
> know English.
Shame on you for assuming that only Americans develop PostgreSQL, for assuming
that Americans are ignorant, and for not opening your trusted Oxford English
Dictionary.
You will find that while "data" is clearly a Latin plural, it can be used
in the singular as well as in the plural in English.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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