Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m3xGq-0002WH-Gy for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:03:04 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m3xGp-0002zb-BC for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:03:03 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m3xGp-0002zT-39 for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:03:03 +0000 Received: from mail-wr1-x42f.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::42f]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m3xGm-00061Y-Oo for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:03:02 +0000 Received: by mail-wr1-x42f.google.com with SMTP id l7so6747231wrv.7 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:03:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cybertec-at.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=message-id:subject:from:to:date:in-reply-to:references:user-agent :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=CIIb0izwddqwQS5BJ5MYJSGjXSoA1b5YoqMPWUzUQyY=; b=M485//qCgaalEmpMk1HGLBQh5lGEkgLmh5jtQFmXKEuZdKvvgaWkHsEMr1+seVhrkv Y+JrLxfNDB0z6yDnB2oBkIfPY0K5QQsdtTvcYvZQO1kRw19e0uctczY1heWdJ5h10OTN ryfzspKhXUhr2eGz/vAcQymRszoiXAGkeC+i0Fg2v8HajdCc5tStaL4SXvB+i0hUtaki aX2ULWAG3fq+dn8sNfFl4X8yEkGEmLl+nk9RWAgF9hewmPt4S5AnGMmOZodB9WjSWbQn IEjyHjA2dMLSuiZBr/x78HhBZmBdlty2L3okwErxC2Yjzv7voWK7MmoB7l/MLfjtni68 6t5g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:date:in-reply-to :references:user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=CIIb0izwddqwQS5BJ5MYJSGjXSoA1b5YoqMPWUzUQyY=; b=DaEpjzBX1TLpZlqNE3eK3WFSXVuP1xqW+gUEorFButunDZnWCa6HCXldX4UrfgPZH2 FbnSLHLnH3fI7LrRJC3JvXK40grslLScW22EsNqY71cTIyaSShz16uAw8OszFqAtBe1S zYbmivWMIeydnPgaDNxryb9E9s5JQ1rN1cR2Bd033GBkm+r8a7gyYnpaFb/NEmYa9gbZ lT4+hbR9vH0WItDTYM7TailXzHyOzju6y7mkB+oVO/5wyRZYw2h8R2CNEvqXCsPamvLl d67uCEcV8/b0geAXUYXcDv+e39brentflUlpaMwGA/SHPeyXp2jO1mPXpFWq6QRonycM y23w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530QHVrvjKjPvmehhDJi8MmacgBs4WfHhBW4rhrNS0fux8bQfDgy cFXFk+TTKjOfSC+fAE9PILWS7Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwrFFMEkRDfWb/nfT9kDkMK7JlVVEAtV5u8MimYDmhoArGof6ZpcWTnAJ1KGgLZMe2EXh9c4Q== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:5271:: with SMTP id l17mr4078562wrc.239.1626339779095; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:02:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (217-149-169-206.nat.highway.telekom.at. [217.149.169.206]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j3sm1627714wms.30.2021.07.15.02.02.58 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:02:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <332e45388e2d49af7fbbeb3574d34e71cbfc08f0.camel@cybertec.at> Subject: Re: ddl-basics.html plural stuff From: Laurenz Albe To: azwspl@gmail.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:02:57 +0200 In-Reply-To: <162628832703.699.1653551598523513462@wrigleys.postgresql.org> References: <162628832703.699.1653551598523513462@wrigleys.postgresql.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.36.5 (3.36.5-2.fc32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk 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