The special sequences consist of ``'\'`` and a character from the list below.
-If the ordinary character is not ASCII digit or ASCII letter, then the
+If the ordinary character is not an ASCII digit or an ASCII letter, then the
resulting RE will match the second character. For example, ``\$`` matches the
character ``'$'``.
The ``'\u'`` and ``'\U'`` escape sequences have been added.
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
- Unknown escapes consisting of ``'\'`` and ASCII letter now are errors.
+ Unknown escapes consisting of ``'\'`` and an ASCII letter now are errors.
.. seealso::
Unmatched groups are replaced with an empty string.
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
- Unknown escapes consisting of ``'\'`` and ASCII letter now are errors.
+ Unknown escapes consisting of ``'\'`` and an ASCII letter now are errors.
.. function:: subn(pattern, repl, string, count=0, flags=0)
- Issue #27029: Removed deprecated support of universal newlines mode from
ZipFile.open().
-- Issue #27030: Unknown escapes consisting of ``'\'`` and ASCII letter in
+- Issue #27030: Unknown escapes consisting of ``'\'`` and an ASCII letter in
regular expressions now are errors. The re.LOCALE flag now can be used
only with bytes patterns.