From 0698ed27c1c63100fabf01be654a412186982042 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Hooper Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 00:28:03 +1100 Subject: There's no apostrophe in 90s Apostrophes are for indicating an abbreviation or for denoting possession. '90s' is merely a plural. It is an abbreviation of 1990s, so technically it ought to be '90s, but for all intents and purposes this is optional. --- python.html.markdown | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'python.html.markdown') diff --git a/python.html.markdown b/python.html.markdown index ba236fb3..411194f4 100644 --- a/python.html.markdown +++ b/python.html.markdown @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ contributors: filename: learnpython.py --- -Python was created by Guido Van Rossum in the early 90's. It is now one of the most popular +Python was created by Guido Van Rossum in the early 90s. It is now one of the most popular languages in existence. I fell in love with Python for its syntactic clarity. It's basically executable pseudocode. -- cgit v1.2.3 From 0429c31d6d640889cd40ad0fba89a476bf1e7480 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Hooper Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 00:30:19 +1100 Subject: Updated note regarding Python 3 tutorial. --- python.html.markdown | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'python.html.markdown') diff --git a/python.html.markdown b/python.html.markdown index 411194f4..961d0965 100644 --- a/python.html.markdown +++ b/python.html.markdown @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ executable pseudocode. Feedback would be highly appreciated! You can reach me at [@louiedinh](http://twitter.com/louiedinh) or louiedinh [at] [google's email service] Note: This article applies to Python 2.7 specifically, but should be applicable -to Python 2.x. Look for another tour of Python 3 soon! +to Python 2.x. For Python 3.x, take a look at the Python 3 tutorial. ```python -- cgit v1.2.3 From 4d85f161d8399f80e3c7ca93eb7ad8ed8018a327 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Hooper Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 02:03:50 +1100 Subject: More apostrophe fixes I hate to be that guy, but... I found a couple more. --- python.html.markdown | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'python.html.markdown') diff --git a/python.html.markdown b/python.html.markdown index 961d0965..f7b0082c 100644 --- a/python.html.markdown +++ b/python.html.markdown @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ to Python 2.x. For Python 3.x, take a look at the Python 3 tutorial. # Single line comments start with a number symbol. """ Multiline strings can be written - using three "'s, and are often used + using three "s, and are often used as comments """ @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ to Python 2.x. For Python 3.x, take a look at the Python 3 tutorial. # Modulo operation 7 % 3 # => 1 -# Exponentiation (x to the y'th power) +# Exponentiation (x to the yth power) 2**4 # => 16 # Enforce precedence with parentheses -- cgit v1.2.3