From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: jon77h@gmail.com
To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: i.e. and e.g. used with incorrect meaning
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 12:37:05 -0500
Message-ID: <20210115173705.GA8740@momjian.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <161063014110.12228.7559626703707296001@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
References: <161063014110.12228.7559626703707296001@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 01:15:41PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/ssh-tunnels.html
> Description:
>
> You're gonna hate this -- a grammar nit pick.
> But for the few of us who know what e.g. and i.e. mean, the wrong one is
> confusing.
>
> e.g. = exempli gratia = for example.
> i.e. = id est = that is.
>
> "that is" implies that there's no other option.
> "for example" implies that there are other options.
I wrote this text in this commit:
commit 472e518a44
Author: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Fri Oct 2 21:39:33 2020 -0400
doc: clarify the use of ssh port forwarding
Reported-by: karimelghazouly@gmail.com
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/159854511172.24991.4373145230066586863@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: 9.5
> So in the following text, they seem to be the wrong way round:
>
> "The name or IP address after this is the remote bind address you are
> connecting to, i.e., localhost, which is the default. The second number,
I think you are right that this should be e.g.. I used i.e. because I
thought it was odd to have the "which is the default" text after the
example text, since it might not make sense. I will change it to:
"The name or IP address after this is the remote bind address
you are connecting to, i.e., localhost (the default).
> 5432, is the remote end of the tunnel, e.g., the port number your database
> server is using."
I think the above is correct, since "the port number your database
server is using" is an example, not a rephrasing of the earlier part of
the sentence.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> https://momjian.us
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