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From: Richard Bartle <76703.3042@compuserve.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 07:07:27 -0400
Organization: Kanga.Nu
Chris Gray <cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA> wrote:
>for me, the concept of "part of speech" isn't really part
>of the server. So, my "tables" are just mappings of strings to
>database items, which includes objects, rooms, code, arrays, etc.
I find parts of speech useful because they allow single words to
have different meanings depending on where they are used.
WIND CLOCK verb
GET WIND CHIME adjective
SUMMON WIND noun
It's especially helpful with abbreviations:
G K get key
K G kill goblin
G K F G get key from goblin
F flee
Using parts of speech, you can point to entirely different objects
from vocabulary entries by context.
Richard