diff --git a/inform7/core-module/Chapter 1/Inform-Only Nodes and Annotations.w b/inform7/core-module/Chapter 1/Inform-Only Nodes and Annotations.w
index 00689ba6a..2332af1b1 100644
--- a/inform7/core-module/Chapter 1/Inform-Only Nodes and Annotations.w	
+++ b/inform7/core-module/Chapter 1/Inform-Only Nodes and Annotations.w	
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ void CoreSyntax::write_say_adjective_ANNOT(text_stream *OUT, parse_node *p) {
 }
 void CoreSyntax::write_say_verb_ANNOT(text_stream *OUT, parse_node *p) {
 	verb_conjugation *vc = Node::get_say_verb(p);
-	if (vc) WRITE(" {say verb: %A}", vc->infinitive);
+	if (vc) WRITE(" {say verb: %A}", &(vc->infinitive));
 }
 void CoreSyntax::write_say_verb_negated_ANNOT(text_stream *OUT, parse_node *p) {
 	if (Annotations::read_int(p, say_verb_negated_ANNOT) > 0)
diff --git a/services/words-module/Chapter 2/Word Assemblages.w b/services/words-module/Chapter 2/Word Assemblages.w
index b5c018266..39d7999dc 100644
--- a/services/words-module/Chapter 2/Word Assemblages.w	
+++ b/services/words-module/Chapter 2/Word Assemblages.w	
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ int WordAssemblages::nonempty(word_assemblage wa1) {
 }
 
 void WordAssemblages::writer(OUTPUT_STREAM, char *format_string, void *vW) {
+	if (vW == NULL) { WRITE("<null-assemblage>"); return; }
 	word_assemblage *wa = (word_assemblage *) vW;
 	if (wa)
 		for (int i=0; i<wa->no_indiv_words; i++) {