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  • Bruce Momjian's avatar
    a134ee33
    Update documentation on may/can/might: · a134ee33
    Bruce Momjian authored
    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".
    
    Also update two error messages mentioned in the documenation to match.
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    Update documentation on may/can/might:
    Bruce Momjian authored
    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".
    
    Also update two error messages mentioned in the documenation to match.