English spelling and grammar fixes

vadmium · vadmium · commit bf2dca96fbda · 2016-07-11T07:51:37.000Z
diff --git a/Doc/library/aetypes.rst b/Doc/library/aetypes.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ etc. For OSA types that have no direct Python counterpart this module declares
 classes. Packing and unpacking instances of these classes is handled
 automatically by :mod:`aepack`.
 
-An object specifier is essentially an address of an object implemented in a
+An object specifier is essentially an address of an object implemented in an
 Apple Event server. An Apple Event specifier is used as the direct object for an
 Apple Event or as the argument of an optional parameter. The :mod:`aetypes`
 module contains the base classes for OSA classes and properties, which are used
diff --git a/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst b/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ XMLParser Objects
 
 The following attributes contain values relating to the most recent error
 encountered by an :class:`xmlparser` object, and will only have correct values
-once a call to :meth:`Parse` or :meth:`ParseFile` has raised a
+once a call to :meth:`Parse` or :meth:`ParseFile` has raised an
 :exc:`xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError` exception.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/simplexmlrpcserver.rst b/Doc/library/simplexmlrpcserver.rst
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ requests sent to Python CGI scripts.
 
 .. method:: CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler.handle_request([request_text = None])
 
-   Handle a XML-RPC request. If *request_text* is given, it  should be the POST
+   Handle an XML-RPC request. If *request_text* is given, it should be the POST
    data provided by the HTTP server,  otherwise the contents of stdin will be used.
 
 Example::
diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.dom.minidom.rst b/Doc/library/xml.dom.minidom.rst
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ document: the one that holds all others.  Here is an example program::
 
 When you are finished with a DOM tree, you may optionally call the
 :meth:`unlink` method to encourage early cleanup of the now-unneeded
-objects.  :meth:`unlink` is a :mod:`xml.dom.minidom`\ -specific
+objects.  :meth:`unlink` is an :mod:`xml.dom.minidom`\ -specific
 extension to the DOM API that renders the node and its descendants are
 essentially useless.  Otherwise, Python's garbage collector will
 eventually take care of the objects in the tree.
diff --git a/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py b/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def register_instance(self, instance, allow_dotted_names=False):
         are considered private and will not be called by
         SimpleXMLRPCServer.
 
-        If a registered function matches a XML-RPC request, then it
+        If a registered function matches an XML-RPC request, then it
         will be called instead of the registered instance.
 
         If the optional allow_dotted_names argument is true and the
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def test_check_extensions_list(self):
         self.assertRaises(DistutilsSetupError, cmd.check_extensions_list, exts)
 
         # second element of each tuple in 'ext_modules'
-        # must be a ary (build info)
+        # must be a dictionary (build info)
         exts = [('foo.bar', '')]
         self.assertRaises(DistutilsSetupError, cmd.check_extensions_list, exts)
 
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ What's New in IDLE 2.7.9?
   Changes are written to HOME/.idlerc/config-extensions.cfg.
   Original patch by Tal Einat.
 
-- Issue #16233: A module browser (File : Class Browser, Alt+C) requires a
+- Issue #16233: A module browser (File : Class Browser, Alt+C) requires an
   editor window with a filename.  When Class Browser is requested otherwise,
   from a shell, output window, or 'Untitled' editor, Idle no longer displays
   an error box.  It now pops up an  Open Module box (Alt+M). If a valid name
diff --git a/Lib/plat-mac/findertools.py b/Lib/plat-mac/findertools.py
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ def _seticon(object_alias, icondata):
 
 def mountvolume(volume, server=None, username=None, password=None):
     """mount a volume, local or on a server on AppleTalk.
-    Note: mounting a ASIP server requires a different operation.
+    Note: mounting an ASIP server requires a different operation.
     server is the name of the server where the volume belongs
     username, password belong to a registered user of the volume."""
     finder = _getfinder()
diff --git a/Lib/plat-mac/macresource.py b/Lib/plat-mac/macresource.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def open_pathname(pathname, verbose=0):
     """Open a resource file given by pathname, possibly decoding an
     AppleSingle file"""
     # No resource fork. We may be on OSX, and this may be either
-    # a data-fork based resource file or a AppleSingle file
+    # a data-fork based resource file or an AppleSingle file
     # from the CVS repository.
     try:
         refno = Res.FSOpenResourceFile(pathname, u'', 1)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def resource_pathname(pathname, verbose=0):
     If the pathname given already refers to such a file simply return it,
     otherwise first decode it."""
     # No resource fork. We may be on OSX, and this may be either
-    # a data-fork based resource file or a AppleSingle file
+    # a data-fork based resource file or an AppleSingle file
     # from the CVS repository.
     try:
         refno = Res.FSOpenResourceFile(pathname, u'', 1)
diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/regression.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/regression.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def CheckEmptyStatement(self):
 
     def CheckUnicodeConnect(self):
         """
-        With pysqlite 2.4.0 you needed to use a string or a APSW connection
+        With pysqlite 2.4.0 you needed to use a string or an APSW connection
         object for opening database connections.
 
         Formerly, both bytestrings and unicode strings used to work.
diff --git a/Lib/test/_mock_backport.py b/Lib/test/_mock_backport.py
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ def _format_mock_failure_message(self, args, kwargs):
 
     def _call_matcher(self, _call):
         """
-        Given a call (or simply a (args, kwargs) tuple), return a
+        Given a call (or simply an (args, kwargs) tuple), return a
         comparison key suitable for matching with other calls.
         This is a best effort method which relies on the spec's signature,
         if available, or falls back on the arguments themselves.
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py b/Lib/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # minidom DOM and can't be used with other DOM implementations.  This
 # is due, in part, to a lack of appropriate methods in the DOM (there is
 # no way to create Entity and Notation nodes via the DOM Level 2
-# interface), and for performance.  The later is the cause of some fairly
+# interface), and for performance.  The latter is the cause of some fairly
 # cryptic code.
 #
 # Performance hacks:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Core and Builtins
 
 - Issue #23908: os functions, open() and the io.FileIO constructor now reject
   unicode paths with embedded null character on Windows instead of silently
-  truncate them.
+  truncating them.
 
 Library
 -------
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ Library
   Sergey Bobrov.
 
 - Issue #21147: sqlite3 now raises an exception if the request contains a null
-  character instead of truncate it.  Based on patch by Victor Stinner.
+  character instead of truncating it.  Based on patch by Victor Stinner.
 
 - Issue #21951: Fixed a crash in Tkinter on AIX when called Tcl command with
   empty string or tuple argument.
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int pysqlite_connection_init(pysqlite_Connection* self, PyObject* args, PyObject
             return -1;
         }
     } else {
-        /* Create a pysqlite connection from a APSW connection */
+        /* Create a pysqlite connection from an APSW connection */
         class_attr = PyObject_GetAttrString(database, "__class__");
         if (class_attr) {
             class_attr_str = PyObject_Str(class_attr);
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.h b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ typedef struct
     /* a dictionary of registered collation name => collation callable mappings */
     PyObject* collations;
 
-    /* if our connection was created from a APSW connection, we keep a
+    /* if our connection was created from an APSW connection, we keep a
      * reference to the APSW connection around and get rid of it in our
      * destructor */
     PyObject* apsw_connection;
