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authorEric Boersma <eric.boersma@gmail.com>2013-09-05 18:23:48 -0400
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2013-09-05 20:14:58 -0400
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tree5ee6093dd8e9c4d1beb5df46cb16997dad59d6c2 /docs/internals/contributing/writing-documentation.txt
parent93dd31cadfb5f02352740aac32bc2f6cdf923b48 (diff)
Fixed #21035 -- Changed docs to treat the acronym SQL phonetically.
The documentation and comments now all use 'an' to refer to the word SQL and not 'a'.
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@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ documentation:
* **MySQL**, **PostgreSQL**, **SQLite**
+* **SQL** -- when referring to SQL, the expected pronunciation should be
+ "Ess Queue Ell" and not "sequel". Thus in a phrase like "Returns an
+ SQL expression", "SQL" should be preceded by "an" and not "a".
+
* **Python** -- when referring to the language, capitalize Python.
* **realize**, **customize**, **initialize**, etc. -- use the American