Re: pgsql: Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs:", which see for - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: pgsql: Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs:", which see for
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Msg-id 20070516201111.GH4582@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: pgsql: Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs:", which see for  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
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Neil Conway wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-16-05 at 20:49 +0100, Gregory Stark wrote:
> > "which see" is an unusual formulation but it's actually pretty standard. You
> > see it a lot in older texts.
>
> Interesting, I've never run across it before. It certainly sounds
> awkward to me, but I can revert the change if people would like.

I don't care either way because the new wording seems OK too, but I as a
non-native speaker found the construct very natural and easy to
understand.  It also maps into the latin q.v. verbatim.

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