is no limit on the number of splits (all possible splits are made).
Consecutive delimiters are not grouped together and are
deemed to delimit empty strings (for example, \samp{'1,,2'.split(',')}
-returns \samp{['1', '', '2']}. The \var{sep} argument may consist of
+returns \samp{['1', '', '2']}). The \var{sep} argument may consist of
multiple characters (for example, \samp{'1, 2, 3'.split(', ')} returns
-\samp{['1', '2', '3']}. Splitting an empty string with a specified
+\samp{['1', '2', '3']}). Splitting an empty string with a specified
separator returns an empty list.
If \var{sep} is not specified or is \code{None}, a different splitting
algorithm is applied. Words are separated by arbitrary length strings of
whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, newlines, returns, and formfeeds).
Consecutive whitespace delimiters are treated as a single delimiter
-(\samp{'1 2 3'.split()} returns \samp{['1', '2', '3']}. Splitting an
+(\samp{'1 2 3'.split()} returns \samp{['1', '2', '3']}). Splitting an
empty string returns \samp{['']}.
\end{methoddesc}