Re: [PATCH] Change "the empty string" to "an empty string" on DOCs - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCH] Change "the empty string" to "an empty string" on DOCs
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Msg-id 79394.1768367748@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Change "the empty string" to "an empty string" on DOCs  (Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>)
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Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se> writes:
> On 1/6/26 7:53 PM, Marcos Pegoraro wrote:
>> There are 64 times of "an empty string" and 13 times "the empty string" 
>> written on DOCs, and how they are used to do the same meaning, we could 
>> standardize them.

> I am not a native speaker but to me "the empty string" sounds better in 
> most cases you changed it.

Yeah, I can't muster any enthusiasm for these changes either.
I can't put my finger on any grammar rule supporting the way the
text is written (it's been way too long since high school English).
But these all read just fine to me, and the proposed changes do
not improve them.

            regards, tom lane



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