Fix grammar and spelling issues (#10566)

Author: correctmost

doc/data/messages/t/too-many-positional-arguments/details.rst

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Good function signatures don’t have many positional parameters. For almost all
 interfaces, comprehensibility suffers beyond a handful of arguments.
 
-Positional arguments work well for cases where the the use cases are
+Positional arguments work well for cases where the use cases are
 self-evident, such as unittest's ``assertEqual(first, second, "assert msg")``
 or ``zip(fruits, vegetables)``.
 

doc/development_guide/contributor_guide/tests/writing_test.rst

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ current environment in order to have faster feedback. Run from Pylint root direc
 
 You can use all the options you would use for pytest_, for example ``-k "test_functional[len_checks]"``.
 Furthermore, if required the .txt file with expected messages can be regenerated based
-on the the current output by appending ``--update-functional-output`` to the command line::
+on the current output by appending ``--update-functional-output`` to the command line::
 
     python tests/test_functional.py --update-functional-output -k "test_functional[len_checks]"
 

doc/user_guide/checkers/features.rst

@@ -688,11 +688,11 @@ Match Statements checker Messages
   are case statements below it.
 :invalid-match-args-definition (E1902): *`__match_args__` must be a tuple of strings.*
   Emitted if `__match_args__` isn't a tuple of strings required for match.
-:too-many-positional-sub-patterns (E1903): *%s excepts %d positional sub-patterns (given %d)*
-  Emitted when the number of allowed positional sub-patterns exceeds the the
+:too-many-positional-sub-patterns (E1903): *%s expects %d positional sub-patterns (given %d)*
+  Emitted when the number of allowed positional sub-patterns exceeds the
   number of allowed sub-patterns specified in `__match_args__`.
 :multiple-class-sub-patterns (E1904): *Multiple sub-patterns for attribute %s*
-  Emitted when there are more than one sub-patterns for a specific attribute in
+  Emitted when there is more than one sub-pattern for a specific attribute in
   a class pattern.
 
 

pylint/checkers/match_statements_checker.py

@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ class MatchStatementChecker(BaseChecker):
             "Emitted if `__match_args__` isn't a tuple of strings required for match.",
         ),
         "E1903": (
-            "%s excepts %d positional sub-patterns (given %d)",
+            "%s expects %d positional sub-patterns (given %d)",
             "too-many-positional-sub-patterns",
             "Emitted when the number of allowed positional sub-patterns exceeds the "
-            "the number of allowed sub-patterns specified in `__match_args__`.",
+            "number of allowed sub-patterns specified in `__match_args__`.",
         ),
         "E1904": (
             "Multiple sub-patterns for attribute %s",
             "multiple-class-sub-patterns",
-            "Emitted when there are more than one sub-patterns for a specific "
+            "Emitted when there is more than one sub-pattern for a specific "
             "attribute in a class pattern.",
         ),
     }

tests/functional/m/match_class_pattern.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 invalid-match-args-definition:11:21:11:31:C:`__match_args__` must be a tuple of strings.:HIGH
 invalid-match-args-definition:14:21:14:29:D:`__match_args__` must be a tuple of strings.:HIGH
-too-many-positional-sub-patterns:25:13:25:20:f1:A excepts 1 positional sub-patterns (given 2):INFERENCE
-too-many-positional-sub-patterns:27:13:27:23:f1:B excepts 2 positional sub-patterns (given 3):INFERENCE
+too-many-positional-sub-patterns:25:13:25:20:f1:A expects 1 positional sub-patterns (given 2):INFERENCE
+too-many-positional-sub-patterns:27:13:27:23:f1:B expects 2 positional sub-patterns (given 3):INFERENCE
 multiple-class-sub-patterns:32:13:32:22:f2:Multiple sub-patterns for attribute x:INFERENCE
 multiple-class-sub-patterns:34:13:34:29:f2:Multiple sub-patterns for attribute x:INFERENCE
 undefined-variable:40:13:40:23:f2:Undefined variable 'NotDefined':UNDEFINED