[3.10] Docs: remove redundant "adverb-adjective" hyphens from compound modifiers (GH-94551) (GH-94558)

Discussion: https://discuss.python.org/t/slight-grammar-fix-throughout-adverbs-dont-need-hyphen/17021
(cherry picked from commit 3440d197a55800ecceea3e115e44b4262411359c)

Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>

67 files changed, 110 insertions, 110 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst b/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst
index 33b0c06..0a8fcc5 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Allocating Objects on the Heap
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyObject_Init(PyObject *op, PyTypeObject *type)
 
-   Initialize a newly-allocated object *op* with its type and initial
+   Initialize a newly allocated object *op* with its type and initial
    reference.  Returns the initialized object.  If *type* indicates that the
    object participates in the cyclic garbage detector, it is added to the
    detector's set of observed objects. Other fields of the object are not
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/intro.rst b/Doc/c-api/intro.rst
index 083f6d3..2c09ac5 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/intro.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/intro.rst
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ A full list of the various types of debugging builds is in the file
 :file:`Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt` in the Python source distribution. Builds are
 available that support tracing of reference counts, debugging the memory
 allocator, or low-level profiling of the main interpreter loop.  Only the most
-frequently-used builds will be described in the remainder of this section.
+frequently used builds will be described in the remainder of this section.
 
 Compiling the interpreter with the :c:macro:`Py_DEBUG` macro defined produces
 what is generally meant by :ref:`a debug build of Python <debug-build>`.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/memory.rst b/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
index f17d24b..1bdb6a8 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ memory manager. For example, this is required when the interpreter is extended
 with new object types written in C. Another reason for using the Python heap is
 the desire to *inform* the Python memory manager about the memory needs of the
 extension module. Even when the requested memory is used exclusively for
-internal, highly-specific purposes, delegating all memory requests to the Python
+internal, highly specific purposes, delegating all memory requests to the Python
 memory manager causes the interpreter to have a more accurate image of its
 memory footprint as a whole. Consequently, under certain circumstances, the
 Python memory manager may or may not trigger appropriate actions, like garbage
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
index 3da1403..8d7a2ed 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ type objects) *must* have the :attr:`ob_size` field.
    ``PyObject_HEAD_INIT`` macro.  For :ref:`statically allocated objects
    <static-types>`, these fields always remain ``NULL``.  For :ref:`dynamically
    allocated objects <heap-types>`, these two fields are used to link the
-   object into a doubly-linked list of *all* live objects on the heap.
+   object into a doubly linked list of *all* live objects on the heap.
 
    This could be used for various debugging purposes; currently the only uses
    are the :func:`sys.getobjects` function and to print the objects that are
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/weakref.rst b/Doc/c-api/weakref.rst
index 98ebe71..cb6aba3 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/weakref.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/weakref.rst
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ as much as it can.
    callable object that receives notification when *ob* is garbage collected; it
    should accept a single parameter, which will be the weak reference object
    itself. *callback* may also be ``None`` or ``NULL``.  If *ob* is not a
-   weakly-referencable object, or if *callback* is not callable, ``None``, or
+   weakly referencable object, or if *callback* is not callable, ``None``, or
    ``NULL``, this will return ``NULL`` and raise :exc:`TypeError`.
 
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ as much as it can.
    be a callable object that receives notification when *ob* is garbage
    collected; it should accept a single parameter, which will be the weak
    reference object itself. *callback* may also be ``None`` or ``NULL``.  If *ob*
-   is not a weakly-referencable object, or if *callback* is not callable,
+   is not a weakly referencable object, or if *callback* is not callable,
    ``None``, or ``NULL``, this will return ``NULL`` and raise :exc:`TypeError`.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
index 5a13acf..a6dfa05 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ other utility module.
    it contains certain values: see :func:`check_environ`.  Raise :exc:`ValueError`
    for any variables not found in either *local_vars* or ``os.environ``.
 
-   Note that this is not a fully-fledged string interpolation function. A valid
+   Note that this is not a full-fledged string interpolation function. A valid
    ``$variable`` can consist only of upper and lower case letters, numbers and an
    underscore. No { } or ( ) style quoting is available.
 
diff --git a/Doc/extending/building.rst b/Doc/extending/building.rst
index 69dffbd..5381707 100644
--- a/Doc/extending/building.rst
+++ b/Doc/extending/building.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The initialization function has the signature:
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyInit_modulename(void)
 
-It returns either a fully-initialized module, or a :c:type:`PyModuleDef`
+It returns either a fully initialized module, or a :c:type:`PyModuleDef`
 instance. See :ref:`initializing-modules` for details.
 
 .. highlight:: python
diff --git a/Doc/extending/newtypes.rst b/Doc/extending/newtypes.rst
index f75bee9..c7c434e 100644
--- a/Doc/extending/newtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/extending/newtypes.rst
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ example::
    }
 
 If no :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_repr` handler is specified, the interpreter will supply a
-representation that uses the type's :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_name` and a uniquely-identifying
+representation that uses the type's :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_name` and a uniquely identifying
 value for the object.
 
 The :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_str` handler is to :func:`str` what the :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_repr` handler
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ with the required field::
        PyObject *weakreflist;  /* List of weak references */
    } TrivialObject;
 
-And the corresponding member in the statically-declared type object::
+And the corresponding member in the statically declared type object::
 
    static PyTypeObject TrivialType = {
        PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
diff --git a/Doc/faq/design.rst b/Doc/faq/design.rst
index a624fdb..794b697 100644
--- a/Doc/faq/design.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/design.rst
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ you're too lazy to define a function.
 
 Functions are already first class objects in Python, and can be declared in a
 local scope.  Therefore the only advantage of using a lambda instead of a
-locally-defined function is that you don't need to invent a name for the
+locally defined function is that you don't need to invent a name for the
 function -- but that's just a local variable to which the function object (which
 is exactly the same type of object that a lambda expression yields) is assigned!
 
diff --git a/Doc/faq/programming.rst b/Doc/faq/programming.rst
index efd7a5a..db4d057 100644
--- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ It's good practice if you import modules in the following order:
 1. standard library modules -- e.g. ``sys``, ``os``, ``getopt``, ``re``
 2. third-party library modules (anything installed in Python's site-packages
    directory) -- e.g. mx.DateTime, ZODB, PIL.Image, etc.
-3. locally-developed modules
+3. locally developed modules
 
 It is sometimes necessary to move imports to a function or class to avoid
 problems with circular imports.  Gordon McMillan says:
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ What does the slash(/) in the parameter list of a function mean?
 
 A slash in the argument list of a function denotes that the parameters prior to
 it are positional-only.  Positional-only parameters are the ones without an
-externally-usable name.  Upon calling a function that accepts positional-only
+externally usable name.  Upon calling a function that accepts positional-only
 parameters, arguments are mapped to parameters based solely on their position.
 For example, :func:`divmod` is a function that accepts positional-only
 parameters. Its documentation looks like this::
diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index 62c9b86..af6ed71 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ Glossary
       machines.
 
       However, some extension modules, either standard or third-party,
-      are designed so as to release the GIL when doing computationally-intensive
+      are designed so as to release the GIL when doing computationally intensive
       tasks such as compression or hashing.  Also, the GIL is always released
       when doing I/O.
 
diff --git a/Doc/howto/clinic.rst b/Doc/howto/clinic.rst
index f219540..5a5cbab 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/clinic.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/clinic.rst
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ Let's dive in!
 
 16. Compile, then run the relevant portions of the regression-test suite.
     This change should not introduce any new compile-time warnings or errors,
-    and there should be no externally-visible change to Python's behavior.
+    and there should be no externally visible change to Python's behavior.
 
     Well, except for one difference: ``inspect.signature()`` run on your function
     should now provide a valid signature!
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ Here's the syntax for cloning a function::
 ``module.class`` in the sample just to illustrate that you must
 use the full path to *both* functions.)
 
-Sorry, there's no syntax for partially-cloning a function, or cloning a function
+Sorry, there's no syntax for partially cloning a function, or cloning a function
 then modifying it.  Cloning is an all-or nothing proposition.
 
 Also, the function you are cloning from must have been previously defined
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ to specify in your subclass.  Here's the current list:
     there is no default, but not specifying a default may
     result in an "uninitialized variable" warning.  This can
     easily happen when using option groups—although
-    properly-written code will never actually use this value,
+    properly written code will never actually use this value,
     the variable does get passed in to the impl, and the
     C compiler will complain about the "use" of the
     uninitialized value.  This value should always be a
diff --git a/Doc/howto/functional.rst b/Doc/howto/functional.rst
index fb561a6..eb80015 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/functional.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/functional.rst
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ further because you risk skipping a discarded element.
 The itertools module
 ====================
 
-The :mod:`itertools` module contains a number of commonly-used iterators as well
+The :mod:`itertools` module contains a number of commonly used iterators as well
 as functions for combining several iterators.  This section will introduce the
 module's contents by showing small examples.
 
diff --git a/Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst b/Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst
index 4a59ae8..4ce15c6 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Sufficiently modern readelf can print the metadata::
             Arguments: 8@%rbp 8@%r12 -4@%eax
 
 The above metadata contains information for SystemTap describing how it
-can patch strategically-placed machine code instructions to enable the
+can patch strategically placed machine code instructions to enable the
 tracing hooks used by a SystemTap script.
 
 
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ needing to directly name the static markers:
 
 
 The following script uses the tapset above to provide a top-like view of all
-running CPython code, showing the top 20 most frequently-entered bytecode
+running CPython code, showing the top 20 most frequently entered bytecode
 frames, each second, across the whole system:
 
 .. code-block:: none
diff --git a/Doc/howto/logging.rst b/Doc/howto/logging.rst
index ff4e1d7..0115a94 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/logging.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/logging.rst
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Logging to a file
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 A very common situation is that of recording logging events in a file, so let's
-look at that next. Be sure to try the following in a newly-started Python
+look at that next. Be sure to try the following in a newly started Python
 interpreter, and don't just continue from the session described above::
 
    import logging
diff --git a/Doc/howto/regex.rst b/Doc/howto/regex.rst
index c4ebbd3..e07ea1b 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/regex.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/regex.rst
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ Additionally, you can retrieve named groups as a dictionary with
    >>> m.groupdict()
    {'first': 'Jane', 'last': 'Doe'}
 
-Named groups are handy because they let you use easily-remembered names, instead
+Named groups are handy because they let you use easily remembered names, instead
 of having to remember numbers.  Here's an example RE from the :mod:`imaplib`
 module::
 
diff --git a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst
index e77feff..e1a2f48 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ Openers and Handlers
 ====================
 
 When you fetch a URL you use an opener (an instance of the perhaps
-confusingly-named :class:`urllib.request.OpenerDirector`). Normally we have been using
+confusingly named :class:`urllib.request.OpenerDirector`). Normally we have been using
 the default opener - via ``urlopen`` - but you can create custom
 openers. Openers use handlers. All the "heavy lifting" is done by the
 handlers. Each handler knows how to open URLs for a particular URL scheme (http,
diff --git a/Doc/install/index.rst b/Doc/install/index.rst
index 7f7be11..63b64b9 100644
--- a/Doc/install/index.rst
+++ b/Doc/install/index.rst
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ If you download a module source distribution, you can tell pretty quickly if it
 was packaged and distributed in the standard way, i.e. using the Distutils.
 First, the distribution's name and version number will be featured prominently
 in the name of the downloaded archive, e.g. :file:`foo-1.0.tar.gz` or
-:file:`widget-0.9.7.zip`.  Next, the archive will unpack into a similarly-named
+:file:`widget-0.9.7.zip`.  Next, the archive will unpack into a similarly named
 directory: :file:`foo-1.0` or :file:`widget-0.9.7`.  Additionally, the
 distribution will contain a setup script :file:`setup.py`, and a file named
 :file:`README.txt` or possibly just :file:`README`, which should explain that
diff --git a/Doc/library/asynchat.rst b/Doc/library/asynchat.rst
index 7cc9d99..70753bf 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asynchat.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asynchat.rst
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ connection requests.
 .. method:: async_chat.push_with_producer(producer)
 
    Takes a producer object and adds it to the producer queue associated with
-   the channel.  When all currently-pushed producers have been exhausted the
+   the channel.  When all currently pushed producers have been exhausted the
    channel will consume this producer's data by calling its :meth:`more`
    method and send the data to the remote endpoint.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/custominterp.rst b/Doc/library/custominterp.rst
index 5eeced2..9ea9e90 100644
--- a/Doc/library/custominterp.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/custominterp.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The modules described in this chapter allow writing interfaces similar to
 Python's interactive interpreter.  If you want a Python interpreter that
 supports some special feature in addition to the Python language, you should
 look at the :mod:`code` module.  (The :mod:`codeop` module is lower-level, used
-to support compiling a possibly-incomplete chunk of Python code.)
+to support compiling a possibly incomplete chunk of Python code.)
 
 The full list of modules described in this chapter is:
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/decimal.rst b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
index 47627c0..c1bc624 100644
--- a/Doc/library/decimal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 --------------
 
-The :mod:`decimal` module provides support for fast correctly-rounded
+The :mod:`decimal` module provides support for fast correctly rounded
 decimal floating point arithmetic. It offers several advantages over the
 :class:`float` datatype:
 
@@ -1355,16 +1355,16 @@ In addition to the three supplied contexts, new contexts can be created with the
       With two arguments, compute ``x**y``.  If ``x`` is negative then ``y``
       must be integral.  The result will be inexact unless ``y`` is integral and
       the result is finite and can be expressed exactly in 'precision' digits.
-      The rounding mode of the context is used. Results are always correctly-rounded
+      The rounding mode of the context is used. Results are always correctly rounded
       in the Python version.
 
       ``Decimal(0) ** Decimal(0)`` results in ``InvalidOperation``, and if ``InvalidOperation``
       is not trapped, then results in ``Decimal('NaN')``.
 
       .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-         The C module computes :meth:`power` in terms of the correctly-rounded
+         The C module computes :meth:`power` in terms of the correctly rounded
          :meth:`exp` and :meth:`ln` functions. The result is well-defined but
-         only "almost always correctly-rounded".
+         only "almost always correctly rounded".
 
       With three arguments, compute ``(x**y) % modulo``.  For the three argument
       form, the following restrictions on the arguments hold:
@@ -2135,7 +2135,7 @@ Q. Is the CPython implementation fast for large numbers?
 A. Yes.  In the CPython and PyPy3 implementations, the C/CFFI versions of
 the decimal module integrate the high speed `libmpdec
 <https://www.bytereef.org/mpdecimal/doc/libmpdec/index.html>`_ library for
-arbitrary precision correctly-rounded decimal floating point arithmetic [#]_.
+arbitrary precision correctly rounded decimal floating point arithmetic [#]_.
 ``libmpdec`` uses `Karatsuba multiplication
 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karatsuba_algorithm>`_
 for medium-sized numbers and the `Number Theoretic Transform
diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
index dbb54c9..e683ad0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
@@ -566,12 +566,12 @@ doctest decides whether actual output matches an example's expected output:
 
    When specified, doctests expecting exceptions pass so long as an exception
    of the expected type is raised, even if the details
-   (message and fully-qualified exception name) don't match.
+   (message and fully qualified exception name) don't match.
 
    For example, an example expecting ``ValueError: 42`` will pass if the actual
    exception raised is ``ValueError: 3*14``, but will fail if, say, a
    :exc:`TypeError` is raised instead.
-   It will also ignore any fully-qualified name included before the
+   It will also ignore any fully qualified name included before the
    exception class, which can vary between implementations and versions
    of Python and the code/libraries in use.
    Hence, all three of these variations will work with the flag specified:
diff --git a/Doc/library/glob.rst b/Doc/library/glob.rst
index 4a29047..3c038b6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/glob.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/glob.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ For example, ``'[?]'`` matches the character ``'?'``.
 
 .. function:: glob(pathname, *, root_dir=None, dir_fd=None, recursive=False)
 
-   Return a possibly-empty list of path names that match *pathname*, which must be
+   Return a possibly empty list of path names that match *pathname*, which must be
    a string containing a path specification. *pathname* can be either absolute
    (like :file:`/usr/src/Python-1.5/Makefile`) or relative (like
    :file:`../../Tools/\*/\*.gif`), and can contain shell-style wildcards. Broken
diff --git a/Doc/library/hmac.rst b/Doc/library/hmac.rst
index 6f1b59b..b2ca045 100644
--- a/Doc/library/hmac.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/hmac.rst
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ An HMAC object has the following methods:
 
    .. warning::
 
-      When comparing the output of :meth:`digest` to an externally-supplied
+      When comparing the output of :meth:`digest` to an externally supplied
       digest during a verification routine, it is recommended to use the
       :func:`compare_digest` function instead of the ``==`` operator
       to reduce the vulnerability to timing attacks.
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ An HMAC object has the following methods:
 
    .. warning::
 
-      When comparing the output of :meth:`hexdigest` to an externally-supplied
+      When comparing the output of :meth:`hexdigest` to an externally supplied
       digest during a verification routine, it is recommended to use the
       :func:`compare_digest` function instead of the ``==`` operator
       to reduce the vulnerability to timing attacks.
diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
index 85c2347..3981cc6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ ABC hierarchy::
             package. This attribute is not set on modules.
 
         - :attr:`__package__`
-            The fully-qualified name of the package under which the module was
+            The fully qualified name of the package under which the module was
             loaded as a submodule (or the empty string for top-level modules).
             For packages, it is the same as :attr:`__name__`.  The
             :func:`importlib.util.module_for_loader` decorator can handle the
@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ find and load modules.
 
    (``__name__``)
 
-   A string for the fully-qualified name of the module.
+   A string for the fully qualified name of the module.
 
    .. attribute:: loader
 
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ find and load modules.
 
    (``__package__``)
 
-   (Read-only) The fully-qualified name of the package under which the module
+   (Read-only) The fully qualified name of the package under which the module
    should be loaded as a submodule (or the empty string for top-level modules).
    For packages, it is the same as :attr:`__name__`.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
index 44553af..56e6fff 100644
--- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ Classes and functions
      doesn't have its own annotations dict, returns an empty dict.
    * All accesses to object members and dict values are done
      using ``getattr()`` and ``dict.get()`` for safety.
-   * Always, always, always returns a freshly-created dict.
+   * Always, always, always returns a freshly created dict.
 
    ``eval_str`` controls whether or not values of type ``str`` are replaced
    with the result of calling :func:`eval()` on those values:
diff --git a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst
index 94d95d1..d74fc80 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ The following exception classes are defined in the :mod:`mailbox` module:
 
    Raised when some mailbox-related condition beyond the control of the program
    causes it to be unable to proceed, such as when failing to acquire a lock that
-   another program already holds a lock, or when a uniquely-generated file name
+   another program already holds a lock, or when a uniquely generated file name
    already exists.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/optparse.rst b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
index 0d686b1..47e6255 100644
--- a/Doc/library/optparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
@@ -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
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index bd76798..6694768 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ features:
 
    The *mode* parameter is passed to :func:`mkdir` for creating the leaf
    directory; see :ref:`the mkdir() description <mkdir_modebits>` for how it
-   is interpreted.  To set the file permission bits of any newly-created parent
+   is interpreted.  To set the file permission bits of any newly created parent
    directories you can set the umask before invoking :func:`makedirs`.  The
    file permission bits of existing parent directories are not changed.
 
@@ -2117,7 +2117,7 @@ features:
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.7
       The *mode* argument no longer affects the file permission bits of
-      newly-created intermediate-level directories.
+      newly created intermediate-level directories.
 
 
 .. function:: mkfifo(path, mode=0o666, *, dir_fd=None)
diff --git a/Doc/library/secrets.rst b/Doc/library/secrets.rst
index eda4616..86fa35f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/secrets.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/secrets.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ randomness that your operating system provides.
 
 .. function:: choice(sequence)
 
-   Return a randomly-chosen element from a non-empty sequence.
+   Return a randomly chosen element from a non-empty sequence.
 
 .. function:: randbelow(n)
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Generate an eight-character alphanumeric password:
    Applications should not
    `store passwords in a recoverable format <http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/257.html>`_,
    whether plain text or encrypted.  They should be salted and hashed
-   using a cryptographically-strong one-way (irreversible) hash function.
+   using a cryptographically strong one-way (irreversible) hash function.
 
 
 Generate a ten-character alphanumeric password with at least one
diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst
index 46b5ff8..1c3d10e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/select.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/select.rst
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ object.
 
 .. method:: devpoll.poll([timeout])
 
-   Polls the set of registered file descriptors, and returns a possibly-empty list
+   Polls the set of registered file descriptors, and returns a possibly empty list
    containing ``(fd, event)`` 2-tuples for the descriptors that have events or
    errors to report. *fd* is the file descriptor, and *event* is a bitmask with
    bits set for the reported events for that descriptor --- :const:`POLLIN` for
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ linearly scanned again. :c:func:`select` is O(highest file descriptor), while
 
 .. method:: poll.poll([timeout])
 
-   Polls the set of registered file descriptors, and returns a possibly-empty list
+   Polls the set of registered file descriptors, and returns a possibly empty list
    containing ``(fd, event)`` 2-tuples for the descriptors that have events or
    errors to report. *fd* is the file descriptor, and *event* is a bitmask with
    bits set for the reported events for that descriptor --- :const:`POLLIN` for
diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index 3a31543..cb672d9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Directory and files operations
 
    When *follow_symlinks* is false, and *src* is a symbolic
    link, :func:`copy2` attempts to copy all metadata from the
-   *src* symbolic link to the newly-created *dst* symbolic link.
+   *src* symbolic link to the newly created *dst* symbolic link.
    However, this functionality is not available on all platforms.
    On platforms where some or all of this functionality is
    unavailable, :func:`copy2` will preserve all the metadata
diff --git a/Doc/library/smtpd.rst b/Doc/library/smtpd.rst
index 8fd009e..ac48e1a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/smtpd.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/smtpd.rst
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ SMTPChannel Objects
 
    .. attribute:: fqdn
 
-      Holds the fully-qualified domain name of the server as returned by
+      Holds the fully qualified domain name of the server as returned by
       :func:`socket.getfqdn`.
 
    .. attribute:: peer
diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index 1100baf..bbf2ea1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ created.  Socket addresses are represented as follows:
 
 - A string or a tuple ``(id, unit)`` is used for the :const:`SYSPROTO_CONTROL`
   protocol of the :const:`PF_SYSTEM` family. The string is the name of a
-  kernel control using a dynamically-assigned ID. The tuple can be used if ID
+  kernel control using a dynamically assigned ID. The tuple can be used if ID
   and unit number of the kernel control are known or if a registered ID is
   used.
 
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services:
 .. function:: getnameinfo(sockaddr, flags)
 
    Translate a socket address *sockaddr* into a 2-tuple ``(host, port)``. Depending
-   on the settings of *flags*, the result can contain a fully-qualified domain name
+   on the settings of *flags*, the result can contain a fully qualified domain name
    or numeric address representation in *host*.  Similarly, *port* can contain a
    string port name or a numeric port number.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index 816b882..b0be676 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ Connection Objects
 
       If returning a tuple doesn't suffice and you want name-based access to
       columns, you should consider setting :attr:`row_factory` to the
-      highly-optimized :class:`sqlite3.Row` type. :class:`Row` provides both
+      highly optimized :class:`sqlite3.Row` type. :class:`Row` provides both
       index-based and case-insensitive name-based access to columns with almost no
       memory overhead. It will probably be better than your own custom
       dictionary-based approach or even a db_row based solution.
diff --git a/Doc/library/struct.rst b/Doc/library/struct.rst
index 25e2620..c1888d4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/struct.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/struct.rst
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ The module defines the following exception and functions:
 
    Iteratively unpack from the buffer *buffer* according to the format
    string *format*.  This function returns an iterator which will read
-   equally-sized chunks from the buffer until all its contents have been
+   equally sized chunks from the buffer until all its contents have been
    consumed.  The buffer's size in bytes must be a multiple of the size
    required by the format, as reflected by :func:`calcsize`.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index d0f8864..45fcfc7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ functions.
 
    .. warning::
 
-      For maximum reliability, use a fully-qualified path for the executable.
+      For maximum reliability, use a fully qualified path for the executable.
       To search for an unqualified name on :envvar:`PATH`, use
       :meth:`shutil.which`. On all platforms, passing :data:`sys.executable`
       is the recommended way to launch the current Python interpreter again,
diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
index 6afb839..44f34ab 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ There are three tar formats that can be created with the :mod:`tarfile` module:
   files and stores pathnames in a portable way. Modern tar implementations,
   including GNU tar, bsdtar/libarchive and star, fully support extended *pax*
   features; some old or unmaintained libraries may not, but should treat
-  *pax* archives as if they were in the universally-supported *ustar* format.
+  *pax* archives as if they were in the universally supported *ustar* format.
   It is the current default format for new archives.
 
   It extends the existing *ustar* format with extra headers for information
diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst
index 2db4c0f..3e31fbf 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ methods :meth:`tkinter.Widget.cget` and :meth:`tkinter.Widget.configure`.
       Modify or inquire widget state. If *statespec* is specified, sets the
       widget state according to it and return a new *statespec* indicating
       which flags were changed. If *statespec* is not specified, returns
-      the currently-enabled state flags.
+      the currently enabled state flags.
 
    *statespec* will usually be a list or a tuple.
 
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ Notebook
 
 Ttk Notebook widget manages a collection of windows and displays a single
 one at a time. Each child window is associated with a tab, which the user
-may select to change the currently-displayed window.
+may select to change the currently displayed window.
 
 
 Options
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ of the following forms:
 * An integer between zero and the number of tabs
 * The name of a child window
 * A positional specification of the form "@x,y", which identifies the tab
-* The literal string "current", which identifies the currently-selected tab
+* The literal string "current", which identifies the currently selected tab
 * The literal string "end", which returns the number of tabs (only valid for
   :meth:`Notebook.index`)
 
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ ttk.Notebook
       Selects the specified *tab_id*.
 
       The associated child window will be displayed, and the
-      previously-selected window (if different) is unmapped. If *tab_id* is
+      previously selected window (if different) is unmapped. If *tab_id* is
       omitted, returns the widget name of the currently selected pane.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
index 63248b3..9c2c37a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ involved.  For example, the :envvar:`http_proxy` environment variable is read to
 obtain the HTTP proxy's URL.
 
 This example replaces the default :class:`ProxyHandler` with one that uses
-programmatically-supplied proxy URLs, and adds proxy authorization support with
+programmatically supplied proxy URLs, and adds proxy authorization support with
 :class:`ProxyBasicAuthHandler`. ::
 
    proxy_handler = urllib.request.ProxyHandler({'http': 'http://www.example.com:3128/'})
diff --git a/Doc/library/uuid.rst b/Doc/library/uuid.rst
index ddfbbda..a71fe7a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/uuid.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/uuid.rst
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ The :mod:`uuid` module defines the following namespace identifiers for use with
 
 .. data:: NAMESPACE_DNS
 
-   When this namespace is specified, the *name* string is a fully-qualified domain
+   When this namespace is specified, the *name* string is a fully qualified domain
    name.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/warnings.rst b/Doc/library/warnings.rst
index 8f2a5ac..30fc017 100644
--- a/Doc/library/warnings.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/warnings.rst
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ the disposition of the match.  Each entry is a tuple of the form (*action*,
   category must be a subclass in order to match.
 
 * *module* is a string containing a regular expression that the start of the
-  fully-qualified module name must match, case-sensitively.  In :option:`-W` and
+  fully qualified module name must match, case-sensitively.  In :option:`-W` and
   :envvar:`PYTHONWARNINGS`, *module* is a literal string that the
-  fully-qualified module name must be equal to (case-sensitively), ignoring any
+  fully qualified module name must be equal to (case-sensitively), ignoring any
   whitespace at the start or end of *module*.
 
 * *lineno* is an integer that the line number where the warning occurred must
diff --git a/Doc/library/wsgiref.rst b/Doc/library/wsgiref.rst
index e92a689..2e0a16e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/wsgiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/wsgiref.rst
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ request.  (E.g., using the :func:`shift_path_info` function from
 
    .. method:: WSGIServer.get_app()
 
-      Returns the currently-set application callable.
+      Returns the currently set application callable.
 
    Normally, however, you do not need to use these additional methods, as
    :meth:`set_app` is normally called by :func:`make_server`, and the
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ input, output, and error streams.
 
    .. method:: BaseHandler.setup_environ()
 
-      Set the :attr:`environ` attribute to a fully-populated WSGI environment.  The
+      Set the :attr:`environ` attribute to a fully populated WSGI environment.  The
       default implementation uses all of the above methods and attributes, plus the
       :meth:`get_stdin`, :meth:`get_stderr`, and :meth:`add_cgi_vars` methods and the
       :attr:`wsgi_file_wrapper` attribute.  It also inserts a ``SERVER_SOFTWARE`` key
diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.rst b/Doc/library/xml.rst
index e3b3516..20b0905 100644
--- a/Doc/library/xml.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xml.rst
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ quadratic blowup entity expansion
   entity expansion, too. Instead of nested entities it repeats one large entity
   with a couple of thousand chars over and over again. The attack isn't as
   efficient as the exponential case but it avoids triggering parser countermeasures
-  that forbid deeply-nested entities.
+  that forbid deeply nested entities.
 
 external entity expansion
   Entity declarations can contain more than just text for replacement. They can
diff --git a/Doc/library/xmlrpc.client.rst b/Doc/library/xmlrpc.client.rst
index 8d9db53..0d9bfd5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/xmlrpc.client.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xmlrpc.client.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ between conformable Python objects and XML on the wire.
    The following parameters govern the use of the returned proxy instance.
    If *allow_none* is true,  the Python constant ``None`` will be translated into
    XML; the default behaviour is for ``None`` to raise a :exc:`TypeError`. This is
-   a commonly-used extension to the XML-RPC specification, but isn't supported by
+   a commonly used extension to the XML-RPC specification, but isn't supported by
    all clients and servers; see `http://ontosys.com/xml-rpc/extensions.php
    <https://web.archive.org/web/20130120074804/http://ontosys.com/xml-rpc/extensions.php>`_
    for a description.
diff --git a/Doc/library/zlib.rst b/Doc/library/zlib.rst
index 6758c61..84076b2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zlib.rst
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Decompression objects support the following methods and attributes:
    A boolean indicating whether the end of the compressed data stream has been
    reached.
 
-   This makes it possible to distinguish between a properly-formed compressed
+   This makes it possible to distinguish between a properly formed compressed
    stream, and an incomplete or truncated one.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index a5739e6..ea9192b 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ Basic customization
 
    Typical implementations create a new instance of the class by invoking the
    superclass's :meth:`__new__` method using ``super().__new__(cls[, ...])``
-   with appropriate arguments and then modifying the newly-created instance
+   with appropriate arguments and then modifying the newly created instance
    as necessary before returning it.
 
    If :meth:`__new__` is invoked during object construction and it returns an
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ Basic customization
       predictable between repeated invocations of Python.
 
       This is intended to provide protection against a denial-of-service caused
-      by carefully-chosen inputs that exploit the worst case performance of a
+      by carefully chosen inputs that exploit the worst case performance of a
       dict insertion, O(n\ :sup:`2`) complexity.  See
       http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html for details.
 
diff --git a/Doc/reference/import.rst b/Doc/reference/import.rst
index 9c3c866..92ae9fd 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/import.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/import.rst
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ the module.
 
 .. attribute:: __name__
 
-   The ``__name__`` attribute must be set to the fully-qualified name of
+   The ``__name__`` attribute must be set to the fully qualified name of
    the module.  This name is used to uniquely identify the module in
    the import system.
 
diff --git a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
index 0dad31f..1a2cb41 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ the final value of the whole string.
 
 Top-level format specifiers may include nested replacement fields. These nested
 fields may include their own conversion fields and :ref:`format specifiers
-<formatspec>`, but may not include more deeply-nested replacement fields. The
+<formatspec>`, but may not include more deeply nested replacement fields. The
 :ref:`format specifier mini-language <formatspec>` is the same as that used by
 the :meth:`str.format` method.
 
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
index 58b06eb..f27abe4 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ initial state. Therefore a class may define a special method named
        self.data = []
 
 When a class defines an :meth:`__init__` method, class instantiation
-automatically invokes :meth:`__init__` for the newly-created class instance.  So
+automatically invokes :meth:`__init__` for the newly created class instance.  So
 in this example, a new, initialized instance can be obtained by::
 
    x = MyClass()
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
index 1f1ef28..3242382 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ notation. ::
 This is particularly useful in combination with the built-in function
 :func:`vars`, which returns a dictionary containing all local variables.
 
-As an example, the following lines produce a tidily-aligned
+As an example, the following lines produce a tidily aligned
 set of columns giving integers and their squares and cubes::
 
    >>> for x in range(1, 11):
diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
index c4f65eb..b1e297d 100644
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ Miscellaneous options
    between repeated invocations of Python.
 
    Hash randomization is intended to provide protection against a
-   denial-of-service caused by carefully-chosen inputs that exploit the worst
+   denial-of-service caused by carefully chosen inputs that exploit the worst
    case performance of a dict construction, O(n\ :sup:`2`) complexity.  See
    http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html for details.
 
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ Miscellaneous options
    whether the actual warning category of the message is a subclass of the
    specified warning category.
 
-   The *module* field matches the (fully-qualified) module name; this match is
+   The *module* field matches the (fully qualified) module name; this match is
    case-sensitive.
 
    The *lineno* field matches the line number, where zero matches all line
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.0.rst
index 0e1cf1f..e40218e 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.0.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.0.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Python's development never completely stops between releases, and a steady flow
 of bug fixes and improvements are always being submitted. A host of minor fixes,
 a few optimizations, additional docstrings, and better error messages went into
 2.0; to list them all would be impossible, but they're certainly significant.
-Consult the publicly-available CVS logs if you want to see the full list.  This
+Consult the publicly available CVS logs if you want to see the full list.  This
 progress is due to the five developers working for  PythonLabs are now getting
 paid to spend their days fixing bugs, and also due to the improved communication
 resulting  from moving to SourceForge.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst
index cf55520..745b0aa 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ creates a :class:`LogRecord` instance that is sent to any number of different
 of filters, and each filter can cause the :class:`LogRecord` to be ignored or
 can modify the record before passing it along.  When they're finally output,
 :class:`LogRecord` instances are converted to text by a :class:`Formatter`
-class.  All of these classes can be replaced by your own specially-written
+class.  All of these classes can be replaced by your own specially written
 classes.
 
 With all of these features the :mod:`logging` package should provide enough
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst
index 7e11c98..ddfac1a 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ having the entire data set in memory at one time.  List comprehensions don't fit
 into this picture very well because they produce a Python list object containing
 all of the items.  This unavoidably pulls all of the objects into memory, which
 can be a problem if your data set is very large.  When trying to write a
-functionally-styled program, it would be natural to write something like::
+functionally styled program, it would be natural to write something like::
 
    links = [link for link in get_all_links() if not link.followed]
    for link in links:
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.4 makes to the core Python language.
 
   (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
 
-* Encountering a failure while importing a module no longer leaves a partially-initialized
+* Encountering a failure while importing a module no longer leaves a partially initialized
   module object in ``sys.modules``.  The incomplete module object left
   behind would fool further imports of the same module into succeeding, leading to
   confusing errors.   (Fixed by Tim Peters.)
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ code:
 * The :mod:`tarfile` module now generates GNU-format tar files by default.
 
 * Encountering a failure while importing a module no longer leaves a
-  partially-initialized module object in ``sys.modules``.
+  partially initialized module object in ``sys.modules``.
 
 * :const:`None` is now a constant; code that binds a new value to  the name
   ``None`` is now a syntax error.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst
index 597eaf5..1b1fb3b 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ release schedule.  Python 2.5 was released on September 19, 2006.
 
 The changes in Python 2.5 are an interesting mix of language and library
 improvements. The library enhancements will be more important to Python's user
-community, I think, because several widely-useful packages were added.  New
+community, I think, because several widely useful packages were added.  New
 modules include ElementTree for XML processing (:mod:`xml.etree`),
 the SQLite database module (:mod:`sqlite`), and the :mod:`ctypes`
 module for calling C functions.
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the SVN logs for all the details.
   received several enhancements and a number of bugfixes.  You can now set the
   maximum size in bytes of a field by calling the
   ``csv.field_size_limit(new_limit)`` function; omitting the *new_limit*
-  argument will return the currently-set limit.  The :class:`reader` class now has
+  argument will return the currently set limit.  The :class:`reader` class now has
   a :attr:`line_num` attribute that counts the number of physical lines read from
   the source; records can span multiple physical lines, so :attr:`line_num` is not
   the same as the number of records read.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index 0dbb5e5..7524da8 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ PEP 370: Per-user ``site-packages`` Directory
 
 When you run Python, the module search path ``sys.path`` usually
 includes a directory whose path ends in ``"site-packages"``.  This
-directory is intended to hold locally-installed packages available to
+directory is intended to hold locally installed packages available to
 all users using a machine or a particular site installation.
 
 Python 2.6 introduces a convention for user-specific site directories.
@@ -2460,7 +2460,7 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
   The function must take a filename and return true if the file
   should be excluded or false if it should be archived.
   The function is applied to both the name initially passed to :meth:`add`
-  and to the names of files in recursively-added directories.
+  and to the names of files in recursively added directories.
 
   (All changes contributed by Lars Gustäbel).
 
@@ -2513,7 +2513,7 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
   (Contributed by Brett Cannon.)
 
 * The :mod:`textwrap` module can now preserve existing whitespace
-  at the beginnings and ends of the newly-created lines
+  at the beginnings and ends of the newly created lines
   by specifying ``drop_whitespace=False``
   as an argument::
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
index 2e9fdd0..b74a456 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ Comparing an :class:`~collections.OrderedDict` with a regular dictionary
 ignores the insertion order and just compares the keys and values.
 
 How does the :class:`~collections.OrderedDict` work?  It maintains a
-doubly-linked list of keys, appending new keys to the list as they're inserted.
+doubly linked list of keys, appending new keys to the list as they're inserted.
 A secondary dictionary maps keys to their corresponding list node, so
 deletion doesn't have to traverse the entire linked list and therefore
 remains O(1).
@@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ GvR worked on merging them into Python's version of :mod:`unittest`.
 
 * :meth:`~unittest.TestCase.assertAlmostEqual` and :meth:`~unittest.TestCase.assertNotAlmostEqual` test
   whether *first* and *second* are approximately equal.  This method
-  can either round their difference to an optionally-specified number
+  can either round their difference to an optionally specified number
   of *places* (the default is 7) and compare it to zero, or require
   the difference to be smaller than a supplied *delta* value.
 
@@ -2333,7 +2333,7 @@ Port-Specific Changes: Windows
 
 * The :mod:`_winreg` module for accessing the registry now implements
   the :func:`~_winreg.CreateKeyEx` and :func:`~_winreg.DeleteKeyEx`
-  functions, extended versions of previously-supported functions that
+  functions, extended versions of previously supported functions that
   take several extra arguments.  The :func:`~_winreg.DisableReflectionKey`,
   :func:`~_winreg.EnableReflectionKey`, and :func:`~_winreg.QueryReflectionKey`
   were also tested and documented.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
index 4da3507..63b2474 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ Some other changes to standard library modules, not covered by
   :data:`string.ascii_letters` etc. instead.  (The reason for the
   removal is that :data:`string.letters` and friends had
   locale-specific behavior, which is a bad idea for such
-  attractively-named global "constants".)
+  attractively named global "constants".)
 
 * Renamed module :mod:`__builtin__` to :mod:`builtins` (removing the
   underscores, adding an 's').  The :data:`__builtins__` variable
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
index 361e6db..0f98946 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ PEP 405: Virtual Environments
 
 Virtual environments help create separate Python setups while sharing a
 system-wide base install, for ease of maintenance.  Virtual environments
-have their own set of private site packages (i.e. locally-installed
+have their own set of private site packages (i.e. locally installed
 libraries), and are optionally segregated from the system-wide site
 packages.  Their concept and implementation are inspired by the popular
 ``virtualenv`` third-party package, but benefit from tighter integration
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ an IP address associated with a specific IP subnet).
 lzma
 ----
 
-The newly-added :mod:`lzma` module provides data compression and decompression
+The newly added :mod:`lzma` module provides data compression and decompression
 using the LZMA algorithm, including support for the ``.xz`` and ``.lzma``
 file formats.
 
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ decimal
    C-module and libmpdec written by Stefan Krah.
 
 The new C version of the decimal module integrates the high speed libmpdec
-library for arbitrary precision correctly-rounded decimal floating point
+library for arbitrary precision correctly rounded decimal floating point
 arithmetic. libmpdec conforms to IBM's General Decimal Arithmetic Specification.
 
 Performance gains range from 10x for database applications to 100x for
@@ -1158,8 +1158,8 @@ API changes
   in order to obtain a rounded or inexact value.
 
 
-* The power function in decimal.py is always correctly-rounded. In the
-  C version, it is defined in terms of the correctly-rounded
+* The power function in decimal.py is always correctly rounded. In the
+  C version, it is defined in terms of the correctly rounded
   :meth:`~decimal.Decimal.exp` and :meth:`~decimal.Decimal.ln` functions,
   but the final result is only "almost always correctly rounded".
 
@@ -2137,7 +2137,7 @@ zlib
 ----
 
 New attribute :attr:`zlib.Decompress.eof` makes it possible to distinguish
-between a properly-formed compressed stream and an incomplete or truncated one.
+between a properly formed compressed stream and an incomplete or truncated one.
 (Contributed by Nadeem Vawda in :issue:`12646`.)
 
 New attribute :attr:`zlib.ZLIB_RUNTIME_VERSION` reports the version string of
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index 0405f2b..e179bb9 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -1659,7 +1659,7 @@ The :class:`~unittest.TestCase` class has a new method,
 :keyword:`with` block becomes a "sub-test".  This context manager allows a test
 method to dynamically generate subtests  by, say, calling the ``subTest``
 context manager inside a loop.  A single test method can thereby produce an
-indefinite number of separately-identified and separately-counted tests, all of
+indefinite number of separately identified and separately counted tests, all of
 which will run even if one or more of them fail.  For example::
 
     class NumbersTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -2056,7 +2056,7 @@ Significant Optimizations
   ``malloc`` in ``obmalloc``.  Artificial benchmarks show about a 3% memory
   savings.
 
-* :func:`os.urandom` now uses a lazily-opened persistent file descriptor
+* :func:`os.urandom` now uses a lazily opened persistent file descriptor
   so as to avoid using many file descriptors when run in parallel from
   multiple threads.  (Contributed by Antoine Pitrou in :issue:`18756`.)
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
index 1ee8cfa..7d6e7f2 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ PEP 539: New C API for Thread-Local Storage
 While Python provides a C API for thread-local storage support; the existing
 :ref:`Thread Local Storage (TLS) API <thread-local-storage-api>` has used
 :c:type:`int` to represent TLS keys across all platforms.  This has not
-generally been a problem for officially-support platforms, but that is neither
+generally been a problem for officially support platforms, but that is neither
 POSIX-compliant, nor portable in any practical sense.
 
 :pep:`539` changes this by providing a new :ref:`Thread Specific Storage (TSS)
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ of :func:`os.writev` and :func:`os.pwrite`). (Contributed by Pablo Galindo in
 :issue:`31368`.)
 
 The mode argument of :func:`os.makedirs` no longer affects the file
-permission bits of newly-created intermediate-level directories.
+permission bits of newly created intermediate-level directories.
 (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`19930`.)
 
 :func:`os.dup2` now returns the new file descriptor.  Previously, ``None``
@@ -2296,7 +2296,7 @@ Changes in the Python API
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`29192`.)
 
 * The *mode* argument of :func:`os.makedirs` no longer affects the file
-  permission bits of newly-created intermediate-level directories.
+  permission bits of newly created intermediate-level directories.
   To set their file permission bits you can set the umask before invoking
   ``makedirs()``.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`19930`.)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a3.rst
index 4f182e8..699a0dd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a3.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a3.rst
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ as a positional-only argument.
 .. nonce: qLkNh8
 .. section: Library
 
-Enum: fix regression involving inheriting a multiply-inherited enum
+Enum: fix regression involving inheriting a multiply inherited enum
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a4.rst
index 214f9e5..74c0af3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a4.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a4.rst
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ In ``importlib.metadata``: -  ``EntryPoint`` objects now expose a ``.dist``
 object referencing the ``Distribution`` when constructed from a
 ``Distribution``. - Add support for package discovery under package
 normalization rules. - The object returned by ``metadata()`` now has a
-formally-defined protocol called ``PackageMetadata`` with declared support
+formally defined protocol called ``PackageMetadata`` with declared support
 for the ``.get_all()`` method. - Synced with importlib_metadata 3.3.
 
 ..
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.0a1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.0a1.rst
index 244bb37..e99c45e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.0a1.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.0a1.rst
@@ -3149,7 +3149,7 @@ they are finished in multiprocessing.Pool.
 .. section: Library
 
 The mode argument of os.makedirs() no longer affects the file permission
-bits of newly-created intermediate-level directories.
+bits of newly created intermediate-level directories.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a1.rst
index 09b858d..d95055a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a1.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a1.rst
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ the "n" formatter.
 .. nonce: gjm1LO
 .. section: Core and Builtins
 
-Fix a possible segfault involving a newly-created coroutine.  Patch by
+Fix a possible segfault involving a newly created coroutine.  Patch by
 Zackery Spytz.
 
 ..
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a2.rst
index 1c0abab..2231261 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a2.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a2.rst
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ Add *headers* optional keyword-only parameter to
 .. section: Library
 
 Fix C implementation of pickle.loads to use importlib's locking mechanisms,
-and thereby avoid using partially-loaded modules. Patch by Tim Burgess.
+and thereby avoid using partially loaded modules. Patch by Tim Burgess.
 
 ..