On 24/09/15 22:41, Geoff Winkless wrote:
> On 24 September 2015 at 11:33, Gavin Flower
> <GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz
> <mailto:GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz>>wrote:
>
> An example from a book on PostgreSQL server programming that I'm
> working through (Note that it is obviously awkward to write with
> gender pronouns when gender is irrelevant, note the "he she" in
> one place and "he/she" in another!):
>
> "If the user is a superuser, then they have permission to see the
> full query. If the user is a regular user, they will only see the
> full query for their queries."
>
> Can I quietly suggest "Users with superuser pemissions can always see
> the full query, while regular users will only see the full query for
> their own queries."?
>
> Geoff
By all means say it quietly! :-)
But I was simply trying to change it into Gender Appropriate form,
rather improve it in other aspects.
However, your rephrasing is better still!
-Gavin