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Update reference documentation on may/can/might:
authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:26:05 +0000 (23:26 +0000)
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:26:05 +0000 (23:26 +0000)
commite81c138e18b54e272d917e5e8c4c8ae1b89cd133
tree578b3af0265e9767b862475ee4ba7e9a40c22dc2
parentbc799fab2ba314425403073565775ffe15ba4406
Update reference documentation on may/can/might:

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".
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doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_domain.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_index.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_opfamily.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_sequence.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/analyze.sgml
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doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_conversion.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_domain.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_opclass.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_operator.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_opfamily.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_rule.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_schema.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_tablespace.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_type.sgml
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doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml
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doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_language.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_opclass.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_owned.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml
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doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
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doc/src/sgml/ref/release_savepoint.sgml
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