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gh-70393: Clarify mention of "middle" scope (GH-98839)

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* the innermost scope, which is searched first, contains the local names
* the scopes of any enclosing functions, which are searched starting with the
nearest enclosing scope, contains non-local, but also non-global names
nearest enclosing scope, contain non-local, but also non-global names
* the next-to-last scope contains the current module's global names
* the outermost scope (searched last) is the namespace containing built-in names
If a name is declared global, then all references and assignments go directly to
the middle scope containing the module's global names. To rebind variables
the next-to-last scope containing the module's global names. To rebind variables
found outside of the innermost scope, the :keyword:`nonlocal` statement can be
used; if not declared nonlocal, those variables are read-only (an attempt to
write to such a variable will simply create a *new* local variable in the