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** The past and perfect tenses
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(Lighting and relighting a candle--Candle that changes as it burns down; Bruneseau's Journey)
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A candle which reacts to lighting and blowing actions differently depending on whether it has already been lit once.
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"Sire," said the Minister of the Interior to Napoleon, "yesterday I saw the most intrepid man in your Empire." - "What man is that?" said the Emperor brusquely, "and what has he done?" - "He wants to do something, Sire." - "What is it?" - "To visit the sewers of Paris."
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This man existed and his name was Bruneseau.
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- Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
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Let's say that our intrepid explorer has a candle that can be lit and blown out again, and should accordingly appear unlit, burning, or partly burnt:
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{*}"Bruneseau's Journey"
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The Sewer Beneath St Denis is a room. "A narrow, stone-lined passageway, with only a little ledge to walk above the level of the refuse that flows down towards the Seine."
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The candle is carried by the player. The description of the candle is "A candle, [if the candle has been lit]partially burnt[otherwise]still in pristine condition with untouched wick[end if]."
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Instead of examining the lit candle, say "It burns with a pure heart."
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The block burning rule is not listed in the check burning rules.
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Instead of burning the lit candle:
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say "The candle is already lit."
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Check burning:
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if the noun is not the candle, say "[The noun] cannot profitably be set on fire."
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Carry out burning the candle:
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now the candle is lit.
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Report burning:
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if the candle had been lit, say "You relight the candle.";
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otherwise say "You light the candle for the first time.".
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Understand "blow out [something]" as blowing out. Understand "blow [something] out" as blowing out. Blowing out is an action applying to one thing.
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Carry out blowing out the candle:
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now the candle is unlit.
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Report blowing out:
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if the noun is the candle and the candle was lit, say "You blow out [the noun].";
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otherwise say "You blow on [the noun], to little effect."
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Test me with "x candle / light candle / x candle / blow out candle / x candle".
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We must be careful: "if the noun was lit" would throw errors because past-tense rules can only be applied to specific items, not to variables that could be anything. |