Missing preposition 'of'

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#1PG Bug reporting form
noreply@postgresql.org

The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/queries-table-expressions.html
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By the end of section 7.2.1.5, the preposition 'of' is missing:
"(...) we could find out which ones those are like this: (...)"
should read
"(...) we could find out which ones of those are like this: (...)"

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: PG Bug reporting form (#1)
Re: Missing preposition 'of'

PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:

By the end of section 7.2.1.5, the preposition 'of' is missing:
"(...) we could find out which ones those are like this: (...)"
should read
"(...) we could find out which ones of those are like this: (...)"

I dunno, the existing wording seems like perfectly good English to
me, while your revision is at best awkward.

regards, tom lane