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Issue #25523: Correct "a" article to "an" article
This changes the main documentation, doc strings, source code comments, and a couple error messages in the test suite. In some cases the word was removed to fix the grammar.
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‎Demo/tix/INSTALL.txt‎

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0) To use Tix.py, you need Tcl/Tk (V8.3.3), Tix (V8.1.1) and Python (V2.1.1).
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Tix.py has been written and tested on a Intel Pentium running RH Linux 5.2
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Tix.py has been written and tested on an Intel Pentium running RH Linux 5.2
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and Mandrake Linux 7.0 and Windows with the above mentioned packages.
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Older versions, e.g. Tix 4.1 and Tk 8.0, might also work.

‎Doc/howto/sorting.rst‎

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The key-function patterns shown above are very common, so Python provides
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convenience functions to make accessor functions easier and faster. The operator
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module has :func:`operator.itemgetter`, :func:`operator.attrgetter`, and
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starting in Python 2.5 a :func:`operator.methodcaller` function.
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starting in Python 2.5 an :func:`operator.methodcaller` function.
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Using those functions, the above examples become simpler and faster:
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‎Doc/library/chunk.rst‎

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the :class:`Chunk` class defined here is to instantiate an instance at the start
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of each chunk and read from the instance until it reaches the end, after which a
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new instance can be instantiated. At the end of the file, creating a new
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instance will fail with a :exc:`EOFError` exception.
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instance will fail with an :exc:`EOFError` exception.
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.. class:: Chunk(file[, align, bigendian, inclheader])

‎Doc/library/difflib.rst‎

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Unified diffs are a compact way of showing just the lines that have changed plus
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a few lines of context. The changes are shown in a inline style (instead of
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a few lines of context. The changes are shown in an inline style (instead of
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separate before/after blocks). The number of context lines is set by *n* which
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‎Doc/library/ftplib.rst‎

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.. method:: FTP.transfercmd(cmd[, rest])
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Initiate a transfer over the data connection. If the transfer is active, send an
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``EPRT`` or ``PORT`` command and the transfer command specified by *cmd*, and
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accept the connection. If the server is passive, send a ``EPSV`` or ``PASV``
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accept the connection. If the server is passive, send an ``EPSV`` or ``PASV``
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command, connect to it, and start the transfer command. Either way, return the
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socket for the connection.
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‎Doc/library/io.rst‎

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clients should consider those methods part of the interface. Also,
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implementations may raise a :exc:`IOError` when operations they do not
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implementations may raise an :exc:`IOError` when operations they do not
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‎Doc/library/optparse.rst‎

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an :class:`optparse.Values` object to store option arguments in (default: a
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‎Doc/library/os.path.rst‎

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‎Doc/library/smtplib.rst‎

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An :class:`SMTP` instance encapsulates an SMTP connection. It has methods
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:class:`SMTP`. :class:`SMTP_SSL` should be used for situations where SSL is
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‎Doc/library/socket.rst‎

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