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@chrstphrchvz chrstphrchvz commented Apr 24, 2023

The word 'dependent' is both an adjective and a noun. A 'dependant' is a British alternative spelling for the noun form. In idlelib.sidebar, 'OS-dependant' is an adjective and clearly wrong. In 'Using', 'dependant' as a noun would be acceptable in Britain, but we use American spellings in Python docs.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/spelling-variants-dependent-vs-dependant

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@chrstphrchvz chrstphrchvz changed the title Fix spelling in comments and documentation Fix typos in comments and documentation Apr 24, 2023
@terryjreedy terryjreedy changed the title Fix typos in comments and documentation Change 'dependant' to 'dependent' Apr 24, 2023
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@terryjreedy terryjreedy merged commit 014f131 into python:main Apr 24, 2023
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Thanks @chrstphrchvz for the PR, and @terryjreedy for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.11.
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GH-103754 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.11 branch.

@bedevere-bot bedevere-bot removed the needs backport to 3.11 only security fixes label Apr 24, 2023
miss-islington pushed a commit to miss-islington/cpython that referenced this pull request Apr 24, 2023
The word 'dependent' is both an adjective and a noun. A 'dependant' is a British alternative spelling for the noun form. In idlelib.sidebar, 'OS-dependant' is an adjective and clearly wrong. In 'Using', 'dependant' as a noun would be acceptable in Britain, but we use American spellings in Python docs.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/spelling-variants-dependent-vs-dependant
(cherry picked from commit 014f131)

Co-authored-by: Christopher Chavez <chrischavez@gmx.us>
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Co-authored-by: Christopher Chavez <chrischavez@gmx.us>
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