From: Andrej Ricnik-Bay <andrej.groups@gmail.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: "May", "can", "might"
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:52:20 +1300
Message-ID: <b35603930701300952q4a905204j545d96e0887529ad@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200701301739.l0UHdQS05488@momjian.us>
References: <200701301739.l0UHdQS05488@momjian.us>
On 1/31/07, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> Standard English uses "may", "can", and "might" in different ways:
>
> may - permission, "You may borrow my rake."
>
> can - ability, "I can lift that log."
>
> might - possibility, "It might rain today."
>
> Unfortunately, in conversational English, their use is often mixed, as
> in, "You may use this variable to do X", when in fact, "can" is a better
> choice. Similarly, "It may crash" is better stated, "It might crash".
>
> I would like to clean up our documentation to consistently use these
> words. Objections?
My full support. :} I like clarity, specially on such important things
as communication!
> (Who says were obsessive?) :-)
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