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Infer "your" as indefinite article? #12

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rockwalrus opened this issue Aug 22, 2021 · 0 comments
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Infer "your" as indefinite article? #12

rockwalrus opened this issue Aug 22, 2021 · 0 comments
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compiles-but-misbehaves documentation An error or omission in Inform 7's documentation subsystem-objects

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Inform has some built-in behavior around the word your in the source text that doesn't seem to be documented anywhere (see #11). It treats the object as properly-named. But putting "your" in the printed name is perhaps not the most judicious choice.

See this example:

Your car is closed and enterable.
>enter car
You can't get into the closed your car.

Compare this to the result when "your" is treated like an indefinite article, akin to your local vicar:

>enter car
You can't get into the closed car.
@curiousdannii curiousdannii added compiles-but-misbehaves documentation An error or omission in Inform 7's documentation subsystem-objects labels Aug 23, 2021
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