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Improve grammar in linear_search docstring #14081

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Improve grammar in linear_search docstring
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"""
This is pure Python implementation of linear search algorithm
This is a pure Python implementation of the linear search algorithm.

For doctests run following command:
python3 -m doctest -v linear_search.py
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def linear_search(sequence: list, target: int) -> int:
"""A pure Python implementation of a linear search algorithm

:param sequence: a collection with comparable items (as sorted items not required
in Linear Search)
:param sequence: a collection with comparable items (sorting is not required for
linear search)
:param target: item value to search
:return: index of found item or -1 if item is not found

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