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| Subject | Grammar question: Englisn and Python: qualified names |
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Quirky question time!
When you read out a qualified name, eg collections.OrderedDict, do you
read the qualifier ("collections dot ordered dict"), or do you elide
it ("ordered dict")? I ask because it makes a difference to talking
about just one of them:
... or possibly a collections.OrderedDict...
... or possibly an collections.OrderedDict...
Written, the latter looks completely wrong; but if the name is read in
its short form, with the "collections" part being implicit, then "an"
is clearly correct! What do you think, experts and others?
ChrisA
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Grammar question: Englisn and Python: qualified names Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-15 07:50 +1000 Re: Grammar question: Englisn and Python: qualified names Stefan Schwarzer <sschwarzer@sschwarzer.net> - 2013-04-15 07:47 +0200
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