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Update documentation on may/can/might:

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Standard English uses "may", "can", and "might" in different ways:

        may - permission, "You may borrow my rake."

        can - ability, "I can lift that log."

        might - possibility, "It might rain today."

Unfortunately, in conversational English, their use is often mixed, as
in, "You may use this variable to do X", when in fact, "can" is a better
choice.  Similarly, "It may crash" is better stated, "It might crash".

Also update two error messages mentioned in the documenation to match.
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Bruce Momjian
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/diskusage.sgml,v 1.17 2006/09/16 00:30:12 momjian Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/diskusage.sgml,v 1.18 2007/01/31 20:56:16 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="diskusage">
<title>Monitoring Disk Usage</title>
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there is also a <acronym>TOAST</> file associated with the table,
which is used to store values too wide to fit comfortably in the main
table (see <xref linkend="storage-toast">). There will be one index on the
<acronym>TOAST</> table, if present. There may also be indexes associated
<acronym>TOAST</> table, if present. There might also be indexes associated
with the base table. Each table and index is stored in a separate disk
file &mdash; possibly more than one file, if the file would exceed one
gigabyte. Naming conventions for these files are described in <xref
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<para>
The most important disk monitoring task of a database administrator
is to make sure the disk doesn't grow full. A filled data disk will
not result in data corruption, but it may well prevent useful activity
not result in data corruption, but it might prevent useful activity
from occurring. If the disk holding the WAL files grows full, database
server panic and consequent shutdown may occur.
server panic and consequent shutdown might occur.
</para>
<para>