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Expand Up @@ -175,13 +175,13 @@ Text about using multiple names for the same objects & synonyms, and how the int
// cf. Issue #28:
// https://github.com/alan-if/alan-docs/issues/28

[WARNING]
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TBD.
A language may have different word ordering than English.
Usually this is one or both of the following

Some languages require (or allow) commands where the parameter precedes the verb.
* verb/noun - does the verb preceed the noun in imperative sentences?
* adjective/noun - does the adjectives preceed the noun

For example, in German the command for "`take the book`" would be:
For example, in German the command for "`take the book`" would have the noun preceed the verb and be:

[example,role="gametranscript"]
> _das buch nehmen_
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[source,alan]
Syntax take = (o) nehmen.

[WARNING]
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TBD.
// ORIGINAL TBD NOTE:
// Text about how the rigid word order (verb first, possibly prefixed with a
// noun) that Alan imposes. Or does it? With the noun first is it possible to
// implement "`das buch nehmen`" with the syntax `take = (o) nehmen`?
//
// But we've already established that Alan does support SYNTAX with parameter in
// 1st position:
// Syntax take = (obj) take.
// Error 209 ("First element in a SYNTAX must be a player word.") was abrogated.
// See: https://github.com/alan-if/alan-docs/issues/61
Description on how to handle noun/adjectives ordering.
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// @NOTE:
// This topic is also worth mentioning in the Manual itself (possibly,
// This topic should be described in the Manual itself (possibly,
// under "SYNTAX") for it affects also the creation of VERBs like:
// > Bob take the apple
// ... which are commonly found in other IF systems -- and some authors
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