Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qisx9-008BB9-CV for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:52:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qisx7-00FehA-RF for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:52:57 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qisx7-00Fegy-Iz for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:52:57 +0000 Received: from smtp.outgoing.loopia.se ([93.188.3.37]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qisx4-006Hp0-EU for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:52:57 +0000 Received: from s807.loopia.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by s807.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 235DD2FA9366 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:52:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from s979.loopia.se (unknown [172.22.191.6]) by s807.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13D7D2E28370; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:52:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from s473.loopia.se (unknown [172.22.191.5]) by s979.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1151310BC47E; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:52:53 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amavis.loopia.se X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.01 tagged_above=-999 required=6.2 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01] autolearn=disabled Received: from s979.loopia.se ([172.22.191.5]) by s473.loopia.se (s473.loopia.se [172.22.190.13]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id tlmP__JGmcXI; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:52:52 +0200 (CEST) X-Loopia-Auth: user X-Loopia-User: daniel@yesql.se X-Loopia-Originating-IP: 89.255.232.193 Received: from smtpclient.apple (customer-89-255-232-193.stosn.net [89.255.232.193]) (Authenticated sender: daniel@yesql.se) by s979.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9412410BC46C; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:52:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Daniel Gustafsson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3696.120.41.1.3\)) Subject: Re: Typo/wording on https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/catalog-pg-class.html Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:52:51 +0200 References: <169518739902.3727338.4793815593763320945@wrigleys.postgresql.org> To: mpnash@google.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org, Tom Lane In-Reply-To: <169518739902.3727338.4793815593763320945@wrigleys.postgresql.org> Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3696.120.41.1.3) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk > On 20 Sep 2023, at 07:23, PG Doc comments form = wrote: >=20 > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: >=20 > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/catalog-pg-class.html > Description: >=20 > I've just read this: >=20 > "catalogs tables and most everything else that has columns or is = otherwise > similar to a table" >=20 > It seems that it should be: >=20 > "catalogs tables and almost everything else that has columns or is = otherwise > similar to a table" >=20 > So, "most" becomes "almost". While I'm not a native english speaker I do believe this wording is = correct (although I guess your version would be semantically the same or very = close to it). It was done in commit 83501ef4ca some 20+ years ago. -- Daniel Gustafsson