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Expand Up @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ complaint you get while you are still learning Python::
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SyntaxError: invalid syntax

The parser repeats the offending line and displays little 'arrow's pointing
The parser repeats the offending line and displays little arrows pointing
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Now I understand your confusion :)

There's some mildly interesting history to this line if you want to go digging. I think we might be due to more significantly rewrite this paragraph, but I agree that just removing the single-quotes is a quick boost to readability here.

at the token in the line where the error was detected. The error may be
caused by the absence of a token *before* the indicated token. In the
example, the error is detected at the function :func:`print`, since a colon
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