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[Australian rePublic]

Fair enough, it made for an interesting read for me at least. As for producing terrorists I can't help you, I'm South Tasmania

Edit: Turns out I've had some of those issues before, I just missed them as an NPC nation since the national adjective was the same as mine

Hahahaha! And here I was worrying that terrorists came from a state of my country, foreign terrorists come from your nation (wait, that's a contradiction)

[Candlewhisper Archive]

There's currently 984 nations that call themselves America in the Nationstates world, and that's just with that exact spelling. I'm sure there's more than one Tasmania.

[Kravokia]

Government Saturated In Corruption (#229). How does enacting freedom of information laws with the second option increase corruption?

[Ransium]

#519 School's Out (Of Control) - I'm not sure how this happened as I could have sworn it did not have this mistake previously. In the description there appears to now be missing an 'a' in "leading to a three day siege"

[Aibohphobia]

will be able decipher

"to decipher"?

[Trotterdam]

#655 capitalizes "Tyrannosaurs" but not "gorgosaurus", "pentaceratops", or "apatosaurus". It's ambiguous whether the former should be (since it's an informal English term), but the latter should definitely be (since they're formal genus names). Especially the fossil - I guess people might start treating animals with less reverence while they're actually alive, but I recall that the previous dinosaur-cloning issue did capitalize them.

It's probably not even worth addressing "Sic semper tyrannosaurus!", what with it being a pun and all (and Latin not having had a capital/lowercase distinction in Roman times). But if you care, the correct Latin is "Sic semper tyrannosauris!" (dative inflection).

[Greater Tern]

For issue #657, in the first option the word "the" is repeated twice: "Not only us floor-crossing a betrayal of the the party..."

[Luna Amore]

#519 School's Out (Of Control) - I'm not sure how this happened as I could have sworn it did not have this mistake previously. In the description there appears to now be missing an 'a' in "leading to a three day siege"

will be able decipher

"to decipher"?

For issue #657, in the first option the word "the" is repeated twice: "Not only us floor-crossing a betrayal of the the party..."

Fixed.

#655 capitalizes "Tyrannosaurs" but not "gorgosaurus", "pentaceratops", or "apatosaurus". It's ambiguous whether the former should be (since it's an informal English term), but the latter should definitely be (since they're formal genus names). Especially the fossil - I guess people might start treating animals with less reverence while they're actually alive, but I recall that the previous dinosaur-cloning issue did capitalize them.

It's probably not even worth addressing "Sic semper tyrannosaurus!", what with it being a pun and all (and Latin not having had a capital/lowercase distinction in Roman times). But if you care, the correct Latin is "Sic semper tyrannosauris!" (dative inflection).

Capitalized the shit out of some dinosaur genera. Italicized them too.

[Chameliya]

For issue #551, if you choose option 1 the result is 'the media have began calling the government treasury "@@LEADER@@'s stash"'. Should be 'have begun'.

[Luna Amore]

For issue #551, if you choose option 1 the result is 'the media have began calling the government treasury "@@LEADER@@'s stash"'. Should be 'have begun'.

Fixed.

[Tinhampton]

...Appoint me as your spiritual adviser and I’ll ensure that all people worship God in the correct way.”

Erm, shouldn't that be "spiritual advisor"?

[Drasnia]

...Appoint me as your spiritual adviser and I’ll ensure that all people worship God in the correct way.”

Erm, shouldn't that be "spiritual advisor"?

The spellings are interchangeable.

EDIT: I should also add that "advisor" is only more prominent (and only somewhat) in casual American English. Even in American journals, "adviser" is used about five times more often that "advisor." "Adviser" is the primary spelling in practically every English dictionary - even the American-centric Merriam-Webster dictionary.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Well covered there, Drasnia.

It's worth noting as well that the NS editing team doesn't have a style guide for grammar and spelling - it's the first thing I asked. The general rule of thumb is to try to use the preferred spelling of the author's nation, using existing spellings within their submission as a guide. So when I get an issue that is in American English, I tend to use American spellings, despite being British myself. One concession I have made for the sake of consistency is to always use serial commas in lists, which is not the usual practice at all in England. There's also some weird conventions that we've adapted ourselves, like interrupted speech usually having a full stop somewhere near the middle. (e.g. "Words," I said. "Lots of words." rather than "Words," I said, "lots of words.") This is probably because options tend to be longer than what a novel writer would usually put in one line of speech.

Basically, as long as the grammar or spelling is considered correct somewhere, we're happy with it. We just play it by ear.

[Tinhampton]

“You know... it’s not that we don’t let them in... it’s that they don’t apply,” murmurs Principal Elsa Belcher, coughing nervously. “I mean, yeah, sure, if these Bigtopians lived around here... uh... we’d let them into the school. But... you know... this isn’t exactly a Bigtopian community, you know? So... uh... could you please put a stop to these protestors? Oh, and, uh...” Here he leans forward and whispers. “... make sure those creepy Bigtopian protestors don’t show up at my school again, okay?”

Pairing a female name with a "he".

[Bears Armed]

“You know... it’s not that we don’t let them in... it’s that they don’t apply,” murmurs Principal Elsa Belcher, coughing nervously. “I mean, yeah, sure, if these Bigtopians lived around here... uh... we’d let them into the school. But... you know... this isn’t exactly a Bigtopian community, you know? So... uh... could you please put a stop to these protestors? Oh, and, uh...” Here he leans forward and whispers. “... make sure those creepy Bigtopian protestors don’t show up at my school again, okay?”

Pairing a female name with a "he".

Would you make the same complaint if the name was "Sue"?

^_^

[Tinhampton]

Pairing a female name with a "he".

Would you make the same complaint if the name was "Sue"?

^_^

Yes.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Thanks Tinhampton, fixed.

Or, in this more gender-aware age, I should say "moved in line with traditional gender expectations that sadly still exist."

[The United Providences of Perland]

Believe I found a grammatical error with issue 522 in the description. The possible issue is bolded and underlined.

It’s a slow news day, and so a recent study by the Scientific Centre of Analytical Metadata is getting considerable attention. After a decade of expensive travel to exotic climes, researchers have concluded that nations where people laugh more have a lower GDP. Your advisers have gathered to find out what you want to do.

[Tinhampton]

Believe I found a grammatical error with issue 522 in the description. The possible issue is bolded and underlined.

It’s a slow news day, and so a recent study by the Scientific Centre of Analytical Metadata is getting considerable attention. After a decade of expensive travel to exotic climes, researchers have concluded that nations where people laugh more have a lower GDP. Your advisers have gathered to find out what you want to do.

I don't think that "climes" is a spelling error...

[Trotterdam]

"Clime" is an obscure word, but it's real. It means something between "place" and "kind of place", so when in the plural it has a connotation of diversity.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Believe I found a grammatical error with issue 522 in the description. The possible issue is bolded and underlined.

I don't think that "climes" is a spelling error...

He said grammatical error, though I'm not seeing one of those either. Can you clarify, Perland?

[Lamebrainia]

I've picked option #3 (getting rid of streetlights). Is it supposed to decrease Primitiveness and Death Rate? Why?

[Candlewhisper Archive]

I've picked option #3 (getting rid of streetlights). Is it supposed to decrease Primitiveness and Death Rate? Why?

Unexpected effects normally go in a different thread:
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=370351

This thread is for correcting visible objective errors, usually in grammar or spelling.

Anyway, short answer is that the changes are secondary to other effects, notably, being pro-astronomy makes you more pro-science generally, and thus less primitive.

[Pencil Sharpeners 2]

Effect line of 443.1 should be 'job opportunities' rather than 'jobs opportunities'.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Effect line of 443.1 should be 'job opportunities' rather than 'jobs opportunities'.

Good spot. Fixed.