Re: [s-d] Re: [s-b] [auto] BvS submits p41

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The official ruling on this is that it's pronounced "enn-week", not 
"nweek" with the n and w merged together (the reason we have an 
official ruling is because of an argument over a Haiku prop).

--
Wonko

On May 2, 2005, at 3.08 PM, eugman@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Crap I'm gonna be writting alot less proposals if this passes........
> Seriously though what about a nweek vs an nweek? It looks like you use 
> the former but if you say the former aloud you will see why not.
>
>
> > BvS has submitted a new proposal, p41.
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Proposal 41/0: Raising the Bar... or Else
> > A Standard Proposal by BvS
> > Last modified on nweek 87, nday 4
> >
> > Add an item to the list of Ministries in Rule 4-4:
> > {{
> > === The Ministry of Grammar ===
> >
> > The Ministry of Grammar is a Ministry; its Minister may be known as 
> > the Grammar
> > Nazi. The Grammar Nazi is responsible for maintaining a high standard 
> > or grammar
> > in the Game, as defined by the rules laid down in Rule X.
> > }}
> >
> > Add a rule to Section 2 of the ruleset:
> > {{
> > == Rules of Grammar ==
> >
> > The following rules apply to all Game Documents. If a Revisable Game 
> > Document is
> > revised and a violation of one of the following rules is not amended 
> > as part of
> > the revision, the repeated error is treated as a new violation.
> >
> > The Grammar Nazi is expected to enforce the following rules:
> >  * Correct spelling
> >  * Proper use of commas and apostrophes
> >  * Proper use of  the following homonyms:
> >    * there/their/they're
> >    * your/you're
> >    * its/it's
> >    * lose/loose
> >  * Proper use of Spivak pronouns
> >  * Proper use of adjectives vs. adverbs
> >
> > For each violation of one of the grammar rules in the above list, a 
> > player is
> > given one Suck Point. At the beginning of each nweek, each player 
> > with 10 or
> > more Suck Points loses 10 Suck Points and is able to propose one 
> > fewer proposal
> > that nweek than they would otherwise. This process is repeated until 
> > no player
> > has 10 or more Suck Points. A player may spend 1A at any time to have 
> > 5 Suck
> > Points taken away from them.
> > }}
> >
> > Amend the description of the Ministry of Grammar as follows: Replace 
> > the letter
> > "X" with the number of the rule titled == Rules of Grammar ==.
> >
> > [[More rules can be added if anyone can think of something that they 
> > want to see
> > there - this is what I came up with right now.]]
> > ---------------------------------
> >
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