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by **Sanctaria** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 11:43 am

The Scientific Isles wrote:Option 443.2 should use "@@DEMONYMPLURAL@@" instead of "@@DEMONYM@@s".

It does.

by **Sanctaria** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 11:48 am

Sanctaria wrote:
The Scientific Isles wrote:Option 443.2 should use "@@DEMONYMPLURAL@@" instead of "@@DEMONYM@@s".

It does.

Er, it does now. Misread the code the first time. Thanks!

by **Lamebrainia** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 1:32 am

owner of the local bike shop Gone With The Schwinn

"Schwind", perhaps? Based on German "verschwinden"?

announces Elias Yensid strolling into the room

I'd put a comma before "strolling".

With me in full control of course

I'd put a comma before "of course".

by **Bears Armed** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:08 am

Lamebrainia wrote:
owner of the local bike shop Gone With The Schwinn
"Schwind", perhaps? Based on German "verschwinden"?

Schwinn is a RL brand of bikes.

by **Numoland** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:17 am

Issue 358, I think. I selected the last option and my National Happenings says "Following new legislation in Numoland, getting a abortion takes less hassle than writing a letter". It should be "an".

by **Sanctaria** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:18 am

Numoland wrote:Issue 358, I think. I selected the last option and my National Happenings says "Following new legislation in Numoland, getting a abortion takes less hassle than writing a letter". It should be "an".

Thanks - fixed!

by **Pyrocynical** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 12:32 pm

There are subquotes in option 128.2 that should be apostrophes instead of quotation marks.

by **Trotterdam** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 11:37 pm

Reposting this in a more appropiate thread, regarding #472:

Trotterdam wrote:Minor nitpick: the issue pluralizes "AI" in two different ways: in the opening description it uses "AI's", while in the third option it just uses "AI" with a plural verb (twice) as if it's its own plural. I much prefer "AIs".

EDIT: This also applies to the [effect] lines. One again uses "AI" as a plural, while another goes as far as to use a spelled-out "artificial intelligence" as a plural, instead of "artificial intelligences".

by **Lamebrainia** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:37 am

The Story So Far

Your government's response to overtures of aggression from the Brasilistanis has been to march the Lamebrainian army in and take out the tyrannical and violent government.

This is actually not the case. The issue from yesterday offered three solutions, in that order: 1) send the army over; 2) diplomacy; 3) silent assasinations. I've chosen the third one, not the first one (which I'd expect a response like the one quoted to).
Are the links linked properly? Thank you.

by **Phydios** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:03 am

258.3:

"Names? Names are so inefficient!" Says Five-Oh-Three McGoohan, counting beads. "Who can honestly tell one Agnes Dredd from another? That name's so popular now, I met three people at the mall with it just last week! Face it! Names are old-hat! Everyone ought to go by a government-allocated ID number instead, much more practical. Who could make fun of a child named Six-Eight-Four?"

That word should not be capitalized.

by **Trotterdam** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:14 am

Lamebrainia wrote:silent assasinations

March in a very small army, obviously

by **Luna Amore** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:17 am

Up to date.

by **Trotterdam** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:16 pm

Luna Amore wrote:Up to date.

You're still using "artificial intelligence" as a plural (in "artificial intelligence seeking exciting work are overcome with ennui"). That's clearly wrong.

by **Lamebrainia** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:17 am

Commas are missing after "Chairperson of the @@NATION@@ Council of Immigration Studies" and "head of the nation's nuclear program".

by **Trotterdam** » Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:13 pm

#474:

Plesiosaur Paddling Pool, the Tricerosaurus Petting Zoo, trained Velociraptor tour guides

Is the use of a fictional name intentional? It seems unlikely, given the other two are real scientific names (as are the rest of the names in other options - yes, even Micropachycephalosaurus, I looked it up - with the exception of Maxosaurus, which is an obvious reference to Max Barry). If not, it should be Triceratops.

(Also, plesiosaurs aren't dinosaurs, but that's no reason they wouldn't be fun in an amusement park. They are from the Mesozoic!)

by **Luna Amore** » Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:14 pm

It's an intentional fictional dinosaur. Sedge liked the name.

by **Tharse** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 2:36 pm

Issue 449 option 3:

"There's always room for compromise," chimes in Al Leach, one of your top aides famous for diffusing tension in your office.

I think what was meant was "defusing". "Diffusing" means "spreading".

Explain xkcd · by **Leppikania** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 2:39 pm

Tharse wrote:Issue 449 option 3:

"There's always room for compromise," chimes in Al Leach, one of your top aides famous for diffusing tension in your office.

I think what was meant was "defusing". "Diffusing" means "spreading".

Are you sure that was a mistake?

by **Tharse** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 5:34 pm

Leppikania wrote:
Tharse wrote:Issue 449 option 3:

I think what was meant was "defusing". "Diffusing" means "spreading".

Are you sure that was a mistake?

Yes; that's the option that's presented as a compromise between the other two options. It doesn't make sense that it would be proposed by a troublemaker.

by **Christian Democrats** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:44 pm

Issue #471, Option 4:

Someone should change "gifts" to 'gifts' (double quotes to single quotes).

by **Sanctaria** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:56 pm

Christian Democrats wrote:Issue #471, Option 4:

Someone should change "gifts" to 'gifts' (double quotes to single quotes).

That's an AE, BE thing.

by **Campfire Road** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:19 am

Hey, I think I noticed a typography error.

The second sentence of the first option of issue 151 has the phrase "a large areas." This is both singular and plural. Given the nature of the topic that the issue describes, I'm thinking this should just be "large areas."

by **Luna Amore** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:33 am

Campfire Road wrote:Hey, I think I noticed a typography error.

The second sentence of the first option of issue 151 has the phrase "a large areas." This is both singular and plural. Given the nature of the topic that the issue describes, I'm thinking this should just be "large areas."

Good catch. Fixed.

by **Christian Democrats** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:40 am

Sanctaria wrote:
Christian Democrats wrote:Issue #471, Option 4:

Someone should change "gifts" to 'gifts' (double quotes to single quotes).

That's an AE, BE thing.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you use the opposite punctuation for interior quotes in American and British English, right?

Examples:

American: "In 1823, the famous poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' was published anonymously."

British: 'In 1823, the famous poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" was published anonymously.'

by **Sanctaria** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 11:52 am

Christian Democrats wrote:
Sanctaria wrote:That's an AE, BE thing.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you use the opposite punctuation for interior quotes in American and British English, right?

Examples:

American: "In 1823, the famous poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' was published anonymously."

British: 'In 1823, the famous poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" was published anonymously.'

Using double quotes within double quotes is also common.

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