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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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"So, the player has the initiative to, if not plot out paths..."
"See, all the enemies in the game are static, and only counter-attack, never making the first move. So, the player has the initiative to, if not plot out paths due to the darkness that often encompasses the game world, then to at least be able to take the smartest possible approach."
DUNGEONy game review: http://toucharcade.com/2014/06/24/dungeony-review/
I don't quite understand how the second sentence of this text fragment is structured. Does "the player has the initiative to" refers back to "counter-attack" from the previous sentence? And what about "if not plot out? Shouldn't it be "plots out"? Or maybe it's the imperative?
DUNGEONy game review: http://toucharcade.com/2014/06/24/dungeony-review/
I don't quite understand how the second sentence of this text fragment is structured. Does "the player has the initiative to" refers back to "counter-attack" from the previous sentence? And what about "if not plot out? Shouldn't it be "plots out"? Or maybe it's the imperative?
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Anonymous how the second sentence of this text fragment is structured Incorrectly.
- Anonymous how the second sentence of this text fragment is structured Incorrectly.
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Anonymoushow the second sentence of this text fragment is structuredIncorrectly.
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Well, this is the "beauty" of real texts. 
Could you write why is it incorrect, please?
Could you write why is it incorrect, please?00
On a more careful reading, it is OK. The redundant "to", which I originally objected to, is rather benign.
So, the player has the initiative to, if not plot out paths due to the darkness that often encompasses the game world, then to at least be able to take the smartest possible approach."
The structure is this:
So, the player has the initiative, if not to do A, then to do
So, the player has the initiative to, if not plot out paths due to the darkness that often encompasses the game world, then to at least be able to take the smartest possible approach."
The structure is this:
So, the player has the initiative, if not to do A, then to do
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