On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 at 05:24 Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 24-Sep-15 12:10 AM, Jonathan Blake wrote:
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(er) 11: If you possess at least three Medi-kit units, you are able to
soothe the inflammation with some ointment: restore 1 ENDURANCE point.
(If you wish to do this, remember to erase one Medi-kit unit from your
list.) [lm: What is this saying? Restore one endurance point in addition
to the customary three? Else, why not just use the Medi-kit to restore
three points?]
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That is rather odd. I don't have a solid answer. Footnote?
After several abortive attempts, I'll leave it to someone else to write
this footnote! I've added a "place holder" for it to Section 11.
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(er) 289 [x2]: tachometer -> Tacheometer [so: Tachometer measures
speed/rpm; tacheometer is a type of theodolite. Would suggest instead
milometer or odometer (the latter being more US-centric).]
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Does anyone call that device a tacheometer or tachymeter? FWIW, I've
only ever called it an odometer.
If the common parlance is odometer, maybe go with that. (Milometer is
what I would call it, and I think other Brits would agree, but I'm never
certain about word usage these days!)
Also, what about:
(er) 274: bale out -> bail out
[so: see, for example:
<http://www.dailywritingtips.com/bail-out-vs-bale-out/> ]