From: Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 06:19:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix typos in documentation and comments
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3c38dccf221d1bebb5711470a4641afa20a97294;p=python

Fix typos in documentation and comments
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diff --git a/Include/unicodeobject.h b/Include/unicodeobject.h
index 1269bf67e0..d15ebb8df6 100644
--- a/Include/unicodeobject.h
+++ b/Include/unicodeobject.h
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyUnicode_Format(
 /* Checks whether element is contained in container and return 1/0
    accordingly.
 
-   element has to coerce to an one element Unicode string. -1 is
+   element has to coerce to a one element Unicode string. -1 is
    returned in case of an error. */
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyUnicode_Contains(
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
index 915e989ddb..83f6f27d78 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ class TestOptionalsNargsDefault(ParserTestCase):
 
 
 class TestOptionalsNargs1(ParserTestCase):
-    """Tests specifying the 1 arg for an Optional"""
+    """Tests specifying 1 arg for an Optional"""
 
     argument_signatures = [Sig('-x', nargs=1)]
     failures = ['a', '-x']
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ class TestOptionalsNargs1(ParserTestCase):
 
 
 class TestOptionalsNargs3(ParserTestCase):
-    """Tests specifying the 3 args for an Optional"""
+    """Tests specifying 3 args for an Optional"""
 
     argument_signatures = [Sig('-x', nargs=3)]
     failures = ['a', '-x', '-x a', '-x a b', 'a -x', 'a -x b']
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ class TestOptionalsNargsOptional(ParserTestCase):
 
 
 class TestOptionalsNargsZeroOrMore(ParserTestCase):
-    """Tests specifying an args for an Optional that accepts zero or more"""
+    """Tests specifying args for an Optional that accepts zero or more"""
 
     argument_signatures = [
         Sig('-x', nargs='*'),
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ class TestOptionalsNargsZeroOrMore(ParserTestCase):
 
 
 class TestOptionalsNargsOneOrMore(ParserTestCase):
-    """Tests specifying an args for an Optional that accepts one or more"""
+    """Tests specifying args for an Optional that accepts one or more"""
 
     argument_signatures = [
         Sig('-x', nargs='+'),
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ class TestPrefixCharacterOnlyArguments(ParserTestCase):
 
 
 class TestNargsZeroOrMore(ParserTestCase):
-    """Tests specifying an args for an Optional that accepts zero or more"""
+    """Tests specifying args for an Optional that accepts zero or more"""
 
     argument_signatures = [Sig('-x', nargs='*'), Sig('y', nargs='*')]
     failures = []
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 82f8d4c584..d6b490a2a8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -3025,7 +3025,7 @@ Library
 - Issue #16152: fix tokenize to ignore whitespace at the end of the code when
   no newline is found.  Patch by Ned Batchelder.
 
-- Issue #16230: Fix a crash in select.select() when one the lists changes
+- Issue #16230: Fix a crash in select.select() when one of the lists changes
   size while iterated on.  Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
 
 - Issue #16228: Fix a crash in the json module where a list changes size
diff --git a/README b/README
index 7359d9d2e3..52b97a124d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ profile the interpreter execution. Note also that any output, both stdout
 and stderr, that may appear at this step is supressed.
 
 Finally, the last step is to rebuild the interpreter, using the information
-collected in the previous one. The end result will be a the Python binary
+collected in the previous one. The end result will be a Python binary
 that is optimized and suitable for distribution or production installation.