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Docs: remove redundant "adverb-adjective" hyphens from compound modifiers (GH-94551)

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Discussion: https://discuss.python.org/t/slight-grammar-fix-throughout-adverbs-dont-need-hyphen/17021
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@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ help message:
line-wrapping---\ :mod:`optparse` takes care of wrapping lines and making
the help output look good.
* options that take a value indicate this fact in their automatically-generated
* options that take a value indicate this fact in their automatically generated
help message, e.g. for the "mode" option::
-m MODE, --mode=MODE
@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ help message:
:mod:`optparse` converts the destination variable name to uppercase and uses
that for the meta-variable. Sometimes, that's not what you want---for
example, the ``--filename`` option explicitly sets ``metavar="FILE"``,
resulting in this automatically-generated option description::
resulting in this automatically generated option description::
-f FILE, --filename=FILE
@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ intelligently and add conflicting options to it::
parser.add_option("-n", "--dry-run", ..., help="do no harm")
parser.add_option("-n", "--noisy", ..., help="be noisy")
At this point, :mod:`optparse` detects that a previously-added option is already
At this point, :mod:`optparse` detects that a previously added option is already
using the ``-n`` option string. Since ``conflict_handler`` is ``"resolve"``,
it resolves the situation by removing ``-n`` from the earlier option's list of
option strings. Now ``--dry-run`` is the only way for the user to activate
@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ that option. If the user asks for help, the help message will reflect that::
...
-n, --noisy be noisy
It's possible to whittle away the option strings for a previously-added option
It's possible to whittle away the option strings for a previously added option
until there are none left, and the user has no way of invoking that option from
the command-line. In that case, :mod:`optparse` removes that option completely,
so it doesn't show up in help text or anywhere else. Carrying on with our