Re: ddl-basics.html plural stuff

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От Laurenz Albe
Тема Re: ddl-basics.html plural stuff
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Msg-id 332e45388e2d49af7fbbeb3574d34e71cbfc08f0.camel@cybertec.at
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Ответ на ddl-basics.html plural stuff  (PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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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




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