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changeset: 74373:bac18092c1dc branch: 3.2 parent: 74360:f36c6f5f9d61 user: Terry Jan Reedy tjreedy@udel.edu date: Fri Jan 13 23:43:13 2012 -0500 files: Doc/library/decimal.rst description: #13730 grammar fix diff -r f36c6f5f9d61 -r bac18092c1dc Doc/library/decimal.rst --- a/Doc/library/decimal.rst Fri Jan 13 19:41:42 2012 +0100 +++ b/Doc/library/decimal.rst Fri Jan 13 23:43:13 2012 -0500 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ people learn at school." -- excerpt from the decimal arithmetic specification. * Decimal numbers can be represented exactly. In contrast, numbers like - :const:`1.1` and :const:`2.2` do not have an exact representations in binary + :const:`1.1` and :const:`2.2` do not have exact representations in binary floating point. End users typically would not expect ``1.1 + 2.2`` to display as :const:`3.3000000000000003` as it does with binary floating point. /tjreedy@udel.edu