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Typo in Mission window/menu

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Sat, 03/24/2012 - 07:35
Extribble's picture
Extribble

Not exactly a bug, but... I couldn't think of a more appropriate place to put it.

Under the Arcade button, before anything is pressed, this is the first sentence:

Arcade Missions allow you to explore the ever-changing Clockworks without specific objective.

The last words should be "without specific objectives" or "without a specific objective".

Not significant, I know, I just couldn't leave it be :3

Sun, 03/25/2012 - 12:52
#1
Coatl's picture
Coatl
The sentence is actually

The sentence is actually still grammatically correct.

While both your suggested changes are also grammatically correct, they don't necessarily make the original sentence any more grammatical.

Mon, 03/26/2012 - 10:24
#2
Extribble's picture
Extribble
Really? So that means the

Really? So that means the following sentences are correct?

I left without cookie.

I ate my dinner without fork or knife.

We swam in the pool without shirt.

He left without watch, so he didn't know what time it was.

I'm no grammar expert, but these sentences appear completely wrong, and use the preposition "without" segment exactly like the sentence describing the Arcade. You need an article (a, the, etc.)or other modifier to come before the noun, or be plural so that the sentence makes sense as far as I know. I've finished all my English class requirements for college, it's my first language, and I've never seen sentences written like that and been considered grammatically correct in my entire life. A quick google search on prepositions will clearly show that in examples with "without", the sentences are not written like this.

Granted, I may be wrong on this since I'm definitely not an English major, but I can't accept this as being correct without some proof (which contradicts 99% of what you can find online).

Mon, 03/26/2012 - 11:29
#3
Starmandeluxe's picture
Starmandeluxe
I think "objective" here is

I think "objective" here is being used in the same way as "initiative".

"I left without initiative."

"I ate my dinner without initiative."

"We swam in the swimming pool without initiative."

"He left without initiative, so he doesn't know what time it is."

I'm not sure what the official name for this type of word is.

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