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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/intro.sgml,v 1.31 2006/03/10 19:10:48 momjian Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/intro.sgml,v 1.32 2007/01/31 20:56:17 momjian Exp $ -->
<preface id="preface">
<title>Preface</title>
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<listitem>
<para>
<xref linkend="internals"> contains assorted information that may be of
<xref linkend="internals"> contains assorted information that might be of
use to <productname>PostgreSQL</> developers.
</para>
</listitem>