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Title: Grammatical error in 3.4 tutorial
Type: enhancement Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.4
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Status: closed Resolution: not a bug
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: Jeremy.Fusco, docs@python, r.david.murray
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2014年07月02日 19:32 by Jeremy.Fusco, last changed 2022年04月11日 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg222120 - (view) Author: Jeremy Fusco (Jeremy.Fusco) Date: 2014年07月02日 19:32
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html
Sentence states 'most such' where either would suffice.
current: In most such cases, however, it is convenient to use the enumerate() function, see Looping Techniques
Proposed: In most cases
msg222125 - (view) Author: R. David Murray (r.david.murray) * (Python committer) Date: 2014年07月02日 21:11
It is correct English as written. If you said just 'most cases', it would be ambiguous (most cases of using...something not quite clear from context, it could be range, or looping, or...), whereas if you said 'such cases', that would be wrong, since not all cases where you could use range and an index are served by using enumerate. 'most such' correctly refers specifically to the preceding example, and qualifies it that not all such cases can use enumerate. (See what I did there? :)
msg222127 - (view) Author: Jeremy Fusco (Jeremy.Fusco) Date: 2014年07月02日 21:18
I do, however I feel I'm not the only one that would be thrown by this wording. Perhaps wording such as 'In cases like the above it is more convenient to utilize the enumerate()'.
Thanks for the quick response!
History
Date User Action Args
2022年04月11日 14:58:05adminsetgithub: 66107
2014年07月02日 21:18:29Jeremy.Fuscosetmessages: + msg222127
2014年07月02日 21:11:44r.david.murraysetstatus: open -> closed

nosy: + r.david.murray
messages: + msg222125

resolution: not a bug
stage: resolved
2014年07月02日 19:32:52Jeremy.Fuscocreate

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