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@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ having to load the entire file in memory. Only complete lines will be returned.
>>> f.readlines()
['This is the first line of the file.\n', 'Second line of the file\n']
-An alternate approach to reading lines is to loop over the file object. This is
+An alternative approach to reading lines is to loop over the file object. This is
memory efficient, fast, and leads to simpler code::
>>> for line in f: