Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/pr/270'

8 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/doc/build/changelog/changelog_05.rst b/doc/build/changelog/changelog_05.rst
index 04ab11dca..f612ceed9 100644
--- a/doc/build/changelog/changelog_05.rst
+++ b/doc/build/changelog/changelog_05.rst
@@ -3461,7 +3461,7 @@
         :tickets: 
 
       Fixed query.join() when used in conjunction with a
-      columns-only clause and an SQL-expression ON clause in the
+      columns-only clause and a SQL-expression ON clause in the
       join.
 
     .. change::
diff --git a/doc/build/faq/ormconfiguration.rst b/doc/build/faq/ormconfiguration.rst
index faaee449e..24eacb718 100644
--- a/doc/build/faq/ormconfiguration.rst
+++ b/doc/build/faq/ormconfiguration.rst
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ the two queries may not see the same results:
     ORDER BY anon_1.users_id
 
 Depending on database specifics, there is
-a chance we may get the a result like the following for the two queries::
+a chance we may get a result like the following for the two queries::
 
     -- query #1
     +--------+
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/connectors/mxodbc.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/connectors/mxodbc.py
index 9fc0ce6b5..d49ca4ba3 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/connectors/mxodbc.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/connectors/mxodbc.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # the MIT License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 
 """
-Provide an SQLALchemy connector for the eGenix mxODBC commercial
+Provide a SQLALchemy connector for the eGenix mxODBC commercial
 Python adapter for ODBC. This is not a free product, but eGenix
 provides SQLAlchemy with a license for use in continuous integration
 testing.
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py
index 859819a34..ff855a539 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ class Connection(Connectable):
         return self.execute(object, *multiparams, **params).scalar()
 
     def execute(self, object, *multiparams, **params):
-        """Executes the a SQL statement construct and returns a
+        """Executes a SQL statement construct and returns a
         :class:`.ResultProxy`.
 
         :param object: The statement to be executed.  May be
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/ext/mutable.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/ext/mutable.py
index 571bbbda3..dd5a37bb7 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/ext/mutable.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/ext/mutable.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ with any type whose target Python type may be mutable, including
 :class:`.PickleType`, :class:`.postgresql.ARRAY`, etc.
 
 When using the :mod:`sqlalchemy.ext.mutable` extension, the value itself
-tracks all parents which reference it.  Below, we illustrate the a simple
+tracks all parents which reference it.  Below, we illustrate a simple
 version of the :class:`.MutableDict` dictionary object, which applies
 the :class:`.Mutable` mixin to a plain Python dictionary::
 
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/strategies.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/strategies.py
index 37cecb079..826073215 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/strategies.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/strategies.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def _register_attribute(
 
 @properties.ColumnProperty.strategy_for(instrument=False, deferred=False)
 class UninstrumentedColumnLoader(LoaderStrategy):
-    """Represent the a non-instrumented MapperProperty.
+    """Represent a non-instrumented MapperProperty.
 
     The polymorphic_on argument of mapper() often results in this,
     if the argument is against the with_polymorphic selectable.
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/type_api.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/type_api.py
index 2a7adf8af..0297e2c49 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/type_api.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/type_api.py
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ class TypeDecorator(SchemaEventTarget, TypeEngine):
         the processing provided by ``self.impl`` is maintained.
 
         :param dialect: Dialect instance in use.
-        :param coltype: An SQLAlchemy data type
+        :param coltype: A SQLAlchemy data type
 
         This method is the reverse counterpart to the
         :meth:`bind_processor` method of this class.
diff --git a/test/engine/test_reflection.py b/test/engine/test_reflection.py
index 0d98147cb..1dc65d7d0 100644
--- a/test/engine/test_reflection.py
+++ b/test/engine/test_reflection.py
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ class ReflectionTest(fixtures.TestBase, ComparesTables):
     @testing.provide_metadata
     def test_reserved(self):
 
-        # check a table that uses an SQL reserved name doesn't cause an
+        # check a table that uses a SQL reserved name doesn't cause an
         # error
 
         meta = self.metadata