pgsql: Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had

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#1Bruce Momjian
bruce@momjian.us

Log Message:
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Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had that
wrong.

Modified Files:
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pgsql/doc/src/sgml:
release.sgml (r1.534 -> r1.535)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml?r1=1.534&r2=1.535)

#2Heikki Linnakangas
heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com
In reply to: Bruce Momjian (#1)
Re: pgsql: Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had

Bruce Momjian wrote:

Log Message:
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Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had that
wrong.

Actually, shouldn't that be "Migrate to Version"?

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

#3Bruce Momjian
bruce@momjian.us
In reply to: Heikki Linnakangas (#2)
Re: pgsql: Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had

Heikki Linnakangas wrote:

Bruce Momjian wrote:

Log Message:
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Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had that
wrong.

Actually, shouldn't that be "Migrate to Version"?

I was wondering about that. Because "to" is not before a verb, like "to
run", it seems it should be capitalized:

http://www.tc-forum.org/topicmai/ml03capi.htm
http://answer.google.com/answers/threadview?id=349913

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#4Heikki Linnakangas
heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com
In reply to: Bruce Momjian (#3)
Re: pgsql: Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had

Bruce Momjian wrote:

Heikki Linnakangas wrote:

Bruce Momjian wrote:

Log Message:
-----------
Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had that
wrong.

Actually, shouldn't that be "Migrate to Version"?

I was wondering about that. Because "to" is not before a verb, like "to
run", it seems it should be capitalized:

http://www.tc-forum.org/topicmai/ml03capi.htm
http://answer.google.com/answers/threadview?id=349913

I think you're misinterpreting that. "To", as in "migrate to version",
is a preposition. Therefore it should *not* be capitalized, per the
"don't capitalize prepositions shorter than 4 characters" rule. The "to
before a verb" rule refers to infinitives, like in "to run", where the
"to" is not a preposition, so it basically says that "to" should never
be capitalized, whether it's used as a preposition or as a particle.

Just my two pence, I certainly don't claim to be an expert in English
grammar ;-)...

--
Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

#5Bruce Momjian
bruce@momjian.us
In reply to: Heikki Linnakangas (#4)
Re: pgsql: Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had

Heikki Linnakangas wrote:

Bruce Momjian wrote:

Heikki Linnakangas wrote:

Bruce Momjian wrote:

Log Message:
-----------
Properly capitalize "Migrate To Version"; seems we always had that
wrong.

Actually, shouldn't that be "Migrate to Version"?

I was wondering about that. Because "to" is not before a verb, like "to
run", it seems it should be capitalized:

http://www.tc-forum.org/topicmai/ml03capi.htm
http://answer.google.com/answers/threadview?id=349913

I think you're misinterpreting that. "To", as in "migrate to version",
is a preposition. Therefore it should *not* be capitalized, per the
"don't capitalize prepositions shorter than 4 characters" rule. The "to
before a verb" rule refers to infinitives, like in "to run", where the
"to" is not a preposition, so it basically says that "to" should never
be capitalized, whether it's used as a preposition or as a particle.

Just my two pence, I certainly don't claim to be an expert in English
grammar ;-)...

OK, you are right. Updated.

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EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com

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