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Re: [Fluxx] Monty Python Feedback Feedback

  • FromJB Segal <jb@xxxxxxx>
  • DateWed, 6 Aug 2008 20:26:58 -0400
Quoth kerry_and_ryan@xxxxxxx (kerry_and_ryan@xxxxxxx):
> Andy:
> > [2 IT cards: Get on with it and...]
> > 'Course It's a Good Idea!
> > 
> > (...which is a Goal that requires The Finger of God and the Important 
> > Message.)
> > 
> > So... I guess I could change the text to say "You cannot win if you have 
> > this unless the Goal says otherwise or a card with the word IT in its title 
> > is on the table."
> 
> But "'Course It's a Good Idea!" doesn't contain the word "it".  "It's" is a distinct word.
> 
> 
> Ryan
> Not normally a pedant.

Huh?? "It's" is a contraction of 2 words - "It is". This does not in
itself make it a new word.

http://www.angryflower.com/itsits.gif

JB, often a pedant.