Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 887DC1337C05 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:09:01 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 24848-03 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:08:51 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from outmail148098.authsmtp.com (outmail148098.authsmtp.com [62.13.148.98]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 599791337BE8 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:08:39 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail-c194.authsmtp.com (mail-c194.authsmtp.com [62.13.128.121]) by punt12.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Kp) with ESMTP id p2U88cnj061601 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:08:38 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.23.4] (212.100.42.202.fixip.bitel.net [212.100.42.202]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p2U88ZTT022782 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:08:35 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4D92E502.9050804@2ndQuadrant.com> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:08:34 +0200 From: Susanne Ebrecht User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.14) Gecko/20110223 Thunderbird/3.1.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-docs@postgreSQL.org Subject: English Grammar question Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------000501080308090901070500" X-Server-Quench: e9674db2-5aa4-11e0-80b9-0022640b883e X-AuthReport-Spam: If SPAM / abuse - report it at: http://www.authsmtp.com/abuse X-AuthRoute: OCdxZQATClZOUR8T DCUJJHVGRTw4LxFW CBkfawBdJUwRWh9I NgNWKVFIGEUbXk1W QTNoOihKDx8mF2B1 dHcALxpfYktPTwVj WkhBSFFXWgdpAwIA Bh4AVhtsdQVEZ3x1 ekYsHnI+VEwQESJ9 QExTHW9IZmdlYC5K WUZfc1cGch5PL05B d1F+AXMQaWVVb2dg R1VpYWxpN2UPcylD bwcCKVMJQQ4kBDc5 QhkYVSwyEFYZRiI1 R38A X-Authentic-SMTP: 61633235383639.1015:706 X-AuthFastPath: 0 (Was 255) X-AuthVirus-Status: No virus detected - but ensure you scan with your own anti-virus system. X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.899 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201103/132 X-Sequence-Number: 6565 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------000501080308090901070500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, during translation the history.sgml - I found the following sentences in http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/history.html "The design of the rule system at that time was described in /The design of the POSTGRES rules system/ . The rationale and architecture of the storage manager were detailed in /The design of the POSTGRES storage system /" I am not sure if the grammar is correct here. My feeling says it should be: "is decribed" and "are detailed" instead of "was and were" I am pretty sure these books still exist. Susanne -- Susanne Ebrecht - 2ndQuadrant PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services www.2ndQuadrant.com --------------000501080308090901070500 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello,

during translation the history.sgml - I found the following sentences in

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/history.html

"The design of the rule system at that time was described in The design of the POSTGRES rules system. The rationale and architecture of the storage manager were detailed in The design of the POSTGRES storage system "

I am not sure if the grammar is correct here.

My feeling says it should be:

"is decribed" and "are detailed"  instead of "was and were"

I am pretty sure these books still exist.

Susanne
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Susanne Ebrecht - 2ndQuadrant
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services
www.2ndQuadrant.com
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