doc: Fix some grammar and inconsistencies

Some comments are fixed while on it.

Author: Justin Pryzby
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20200818171702.GK17022@telsasoft.com
Backpatch-through: 9.6

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml
index 8d4fdf67006496f599d07841625bb32acb5becb5..813a037facec39442d7c2b3f4ab360ba33afaf07 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ $ pg_recvlogical -d postgres --slot=test --drop-slot
      A logical slot will emit each change just once in normal operation.
      The current position of each slot is persisted only at checkpoint, so in
      the case of a crash the slot may return to an earlier LSN, which will
-     then cause recent changes to be resent when the server restarts.
+     then cause recent changes to be sent again when the server restarts.
      Logical decoding clients are responsible for avoiding ill effects from
      handling the same message more than once.  Clients may wish to record
      the last LSN they saw when decoding and skip over any repeated data or

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index c1576cc69628e32325987575d5e7f7fcdd94dad0..e9c6a8a6c15c8764f522cc15efcbc977ab12eddd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ 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>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_subscription.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_subscription.sgml
index b7d7457d004e983cec9346c5f9c6c21d21f5c84b..e812beee3738f930f76679d98d521d49a24ce655 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_subscription.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_subscription.sgml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ CREATE SUBSCRIPTION <replaceable class="parameter">subscription_name</replaceabl
          <para>
           It is safe to use <literal>off</literal> for logical replication:
           If the subscriber loses transactions because of missing
-          synchronization, the data will be resent from the publisher.
+          synchronization, the data will be sent again from the publisher.
          </para>
 
          <para>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verifybackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verifybackup.sgml
index c160992e6d7d64d3e556052b5ede657c1868ccd1..a0989d3cd165fbe2641eded52e854c6babf6fc54 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verifybackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verifybackup.sgml
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
    for any files for which the computed checksum does not match the
    checksum stored in the manifest. This step is not performed for any files
    which produced errors in the previous step, since they are already known
-   to have problems. Also, files which were ignored in the previous step are
-   also ignored in this step.
+   to have problems. Files which were ignored in the previous step are also
+   ignored in this step.
   </para>
 
   <para>
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
   <title>Options</title>
 
    <para>
-    The following command-line options control the behavior.
+    <application>pg_verifybackup</application> accepts the following
+    command-line arguments:
 
     <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
index 998e7d5fba19688f6daceead5c5cb773dc47872a..d4f73a03c3a7a6618ba0e8b0ba3e0499d679b4a3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ ereport(ERROR,
      specify suppression of the <literal>CONTEXT:</literal> portion of a message in
      the postmaster log.  This should only be used for verbose debugging
      messages where the repeated inclusion of context would bloat the log
-     volume too much.
+     too much.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>

diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/relation.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/relation.c
index a60c73d74d5b8f969508b020c156bc03c3cd1242..3d2d56295b0c961a9f26fe40ad72aec0d76ea0df 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/relation.c
@@ -631,8 +631,8 @@ logicalrep_partition_open(LogicalRepRelMapEntry *root,
    /*
     * If the partition's attributes don't match the root relation's, we'll
     * need to make a new attrmap which maps partition attribute numbers to
-    * remoterel's, instead the original which maps root relation's attribute
-    * numbers to remoterel's.
+    * remoterel's, instead of the original which maps root relation's
+    * attribute numbers to remoterel's.
     *
     * Note that 'map' which comes from the tuple routing data structure
     * contains 1-based attribute numbers (of the parent relation).  However,

diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
index 19a9f9394921afbd27c2ae5fc35146d83da5ac95..88566bd9fab09a6f69a05aacb8e5166ebad1b285 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ ProcSleep(LOCALLOCK *locallock, LockMethod lockMethodTable)
            else
                LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 
-           /* prevent signal from being resent more than once */
+           /* prevent signal from being sent again more than once */
            allow_autovacuum_cancel = false;
        }