Re: doc review for v13

On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 12:13 PM Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 02:47:54PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 04:35:45PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > > Added a few more.
> > > And rebased on top of dbc60c5593f26dc777a3be032bff4fb4eab1ddd1
> >
> > Thanks for the patch set, I have applied the most obvious parts (more
> > or less 1/3) to reduce the load.  Here is a review of the rest.
>
> Thanks - attached are the remaining undisputed portions..
>
> > > +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
> > > @@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
> > >        from the parent table will be created in the partition, if they don't
> > >        already exist.
> > >        If any of the <literal>CHECK</literal> constraints of the table being
> > > -      attached is marked <literal>NO INHERIT</literal>, the command will fail;
> > > +      attached are marked <literal>NO INHERIT</literal>, the command will fail;
> > >        such constraints must be recreated without the
> > >        <literal>NO INHERIT</literal> clause.
> > >       </para>
> >
> > It seems to me that both are actually correct here.
>
> I think my text is correct.  This would *also* be correct:
>
> |       If any <literal>CHECK</literal> constraint on the table being
> |       attached is marked <literal>NO INHERIT</literal>, the command will fail;
>
> But not the hybrid: "If any OF THE .. is .."

"any of the...are" sounds more natural to my ears, and some searching
yielded some grammar sites that agree (specifically that "any of" is
only used with singular verbs if the construction is uncountable or
negative).

However there are also multiple claims by grammarians that either
singular or plural verbs are acceptable with the "any of"
construction. So that's not all that helpful.

James