"not x in" vs. "x not in"

[Rainer Deyke]

"Ben Wolfson" <wolfson at midway.uchicago.edu> wrote in message
news:qgLy6.34$C4.1821 at uchinews...
> To me, "not x in list" is confusing--I read it as meaning the same
> thing as "(not x) in list"

So use parenthesis.

To me, 'a is not b' is confusing.  It reads like 'a is (not b)', but acts
like 'not (a is b)'.  When I want to check for non-identity, I always use
the form 'not (a is b)'.


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