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Update documentation on may/can/might:
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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<title>Reference</title>
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length an authoritative, complete, and formal summary about their
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respective subjects. More information about the use of
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, in narrative, tutorial, or
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example form, may be found in other parts of this book. See the
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example form, can be found in other parts of this book. See the
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cross-references listed on each reference page.
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This part contains reference information for
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> client applications and
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utilities. Not all of these commands are of general utility, some
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may require special privileges. The common feature of these
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might require special privileges. The common feature of these
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applications is that they can be run on any host, independent of
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where the database server resides.
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