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Wardens orders

Engie

Uncharitable
Joined
Sep 3, 2017
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Can someone clear this up?

If a warden says "Follow my marker" does that mean that we can follow all the markers or not?

Because "follow" says that you follow the object called "marker". But the warden always says "I did not say follow my markers". This always confuses me, can someone clear this up?
 

Osome Oli

Truly Feared
Joined
Sep 15, 2017
Messages
214
'Follow marker' = Follow one marker
'Follow markers' = Follow all markers
 

Engie

Uncharitable
Joined
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Messages
97
'Follow marker' = Follow one marker
'Follow markers' = Follow all markers
But you follow my marker means follow all my markers? Because they want to you to follow my marker.
 

Jim

Tonk
Joined
Jun 10, 2017
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235
There is only ever the one marker on the ground at once and it is the same marker every time. If the order is "go to my marker" you must follow that order until a new order regarding location is given regardless of whether the warden moves the same marker or not.
 

Conor

Notably Dangerous
Joined
Jul 15, 2017
Messages
119
Can someone clear this up?

If a warden says "Follow my marker" does that mean that we can follow all the markers or not?

Because "follow" says that you follow the object called "marker". But the warden always says "I did not say follow my markers". This always confuses me, can someone clear this up?

I never thought this little "trick order" would blow up to this extent.
 

ColdRamen

Notably Dangerous
Joined
Apr 18, 2017
Messages
142
"There is no difference between plurals regarding one object or multiple!"

No.

Whether it is lost in translation, or you're just stupid, referring to an object is different to referring to all of its kind. For example, stating "eat my apple," while holding an apple would indicate you can eat said Apple. However, if the person were to then retrieve another Apple, after handing the first one over, you were not given permission to eat this second Apple, as it was not referred to in the initial discourse.

However, if the person were to say "eat my appleS," then you would not only be given free rein to eat the apple he is holding, but any others he retrieves, as they are of the same classification as the first Apple.

I didn't mean for this to turn into a grammar lesson, but this little trick is justified and completely legitimate. My advice is to either pay closer attention, or stop being salty you got tricked.
 

Jim

Tonk
Joined
Jun 10, 2017
Messages
235
"There is no difference between plurals regarding one object or multiple!"

No.

Whether it is lost in translation, or you're just stupid, referring to an object is different to referring to all of its kind. For example, stating "eat my apple," while holding an apple would indicate you can eat said Apple. However, if the person were to then retrieve another Apple, after handing the first one over, you were not given permission to eat this second Apple, as it was not referred to in the initial discourse.

However, if the person were to say "eat my appleS," then you would not only be given free rein to eat the apple he is holding, but any others he retrieves, as they are of the same classification as the first Apple.

I didn't mean for this to turn into a grammar lesson, but this little trick is justified and completely legitimate. My advice is to either pay closer attention, or stop being salty you got tricked.
That's not applicable to the marker. In your analogy there are 2 different apples that may be interacted with at the same time. There is only ever one single marker on the ground and it is the only marker ever on the ground regardless of where it is moved.
 

REDDStoneMikey

Scarcely Lethal
Joined
Sep 9, 2017
Messages
34
That's not applicable to the marker. In your analogy there are 2 different apples that may be interacted with at the same time. There is only ever one single marker on the ground and it is the only marker ever on the ground regardless of where it is moved.
I wouldn't argue with an admin. They're usually right, y'know.
 

Osome Oli

Truly Feared
Joined
Sep 15, 2017
Messages
214
This server is NOT blackwonder, so the rules are differnt.

'Marker' and 'Markers' have different meanings on this server, end of story.
 
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