Re: Grammar question: Englisn and Python: qualified names

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On 14/04/2013 22:50, Chris Angelico wrote:
> 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?
>
I read what's there: "a collections.OrderedDict" vs "an OrderedDict".

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Re: Grammar question: Englisn and Python: qualified names MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-04-15 00:11 +0100

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