Amit Langote <amitlangot...@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:51 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> "non-existant" is flat wrong, so if we're going to fix typos, let's >> fix them to actually be English.
> So, non-existent? non-extant? I seems to me like an 's' accidentally > sneaked in when the author of the comment tried to write the latter > spelling. But the former sounds more familiar (at least to me). "existent" is a word according to my dictionary, so "non-existent" is fine. "extant" is also a word but it's less common and doesn't really mean the same thing --- it carries a connotation of "still in existence, surviving". So you might say "Stonebraker's papers about Postgres from the '80s are still extant". "Existent" just means "in existence" without any particular implication about time passing, so it's probably what is meant in most cases. (Actually, in the particular context here, I guess "extant" would be sensible, but it would be rather hi-falutin' usage. I'd go with "existent".) regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers