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0008664Dwarf FortressTypos/Grammarpublic2014-12-25 11:572014-12-27 09:24
ReporterDetros 
Assigned Tolethosor 
PrioritylowSeveritytextReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusconfirmedResolutionreopened 
PlatformLinuxOSUbuntuOS Version14.04
Product Version0.40.21 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0008664: "A image" and "a ... mechanisms" in item description
DescriptionI have encrusted some furniture with granite which was cut into cushion cabochons. The description of the final item (<<*mica mechanisms*>>) is a bit weird, though:

"This is a superior quality mica mechanisms. On the item is a image of a cushion cabochon in granite by Onul Morulunal."

I see three issues with it:
# a ... mechanisms - pick either "a" or plural (but that's in all descriptions of mechanisms, it seems)
# a image - "an"
# "a(n) image of a cushion cabochon in granite" - Shouldn't it be rather something like "a(n) image of (_something_) (made from/in) cushion granite cabochon"? How can you make an image of granite cabochons with granite cabochons?
Steps To ReproduceGet (mine) granite (or also other stone?)
Get (make) mechanisms
Cut granite
(Make storage near Jeweler's workshop with those mechanisms)
Encrust furniture with granite
Additional InformationSave: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=10313 [^]

Save and world generated in 40.20, save moved to 40.21. No mods.
TagsNo tags attached.
Relationships
related to 0000109confirmed lethosor Various plural errors, such as "This is a maple logs" 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2014-12-25 11:57DetrosNew Issue
2014-12-25 19:25FootkerchiefNote Added: 0031476
2014-12-25 19:25FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2014-12-25 19:25FootkerchiefStatusnew => needs feedback
2014-12-25 23:52Larix2Note Added: 0031479
2014-12-26 02:27DetrosNote Added: 0031481
2014-12-26 02:27DetrosStatusneeds feedback => assigned
2014-12-26 09:29FootkerchiefNote Added: 0031484
2014-12-26 09:29FootkerchiefStatusassigned => resolved
2014-12-26 09:29FootkerchiefResolutionopen => no change required
2014-12-26 17:28DetrosNote Added: 0031495
2014-12-26 17:28DetrosStatusresolved => needs feedback
2014-12-26 17:28DetrosResolutionno change required => reopened
2014-12-26 18:54lethosorNote Added: 0031497
2014-12-26 18:54lethosorAssigned ToFootkerchief => lethosor
2014-12-26 18:54lethosorStatusneeds feedback => confirmed
2014-12-26 18:54lethosorDescription Updatedbug_revision_view_page.php?rev_id=12600#r12600
2014-12-27 08:07FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000109
2014-12-27 08:08FootkerchiefSummaryWeird description of mechanisms encrusted with granite => "A image" in item description
2014-12-27 09:24lethosorSummary"A image" in item description => "A image" and "a ... mechanisms" in item description

Notes
(0031476)
Footkerchief   
2014-12-25 19:25   
Why couldn't it be a an image of a different granite cabochon?
(0031479)
Larix2   
2014-12-25 23:52   
I think so, too: art images can be of a wide variety of common objects, pretty much anything from smooth pebbles to crossbow bolts, and also cut gems. Images of the latter only specify the cut type (rose cut, trillion cut, cushion cabochon...). That the dwarf chose to use cushion cabochons to make a picture of one is just a funny coincidence.
(0031481)
Detros   
2014-12-26 02:27   
Oh so it could have been, say, "a(n) image of rectangle cabochon in granite" ... made from "cushion granite cabochon" as well? DF semirandom generator of art images strikes back.

So after encrusting, is it impossible to find out from which type of cut (round cabochons, cushion cabochons...) that encrusting was done with because there is now only material ("in granite") and not the type of cut used?
(0031484)
Footkerchief   
2014-12-26 09:29   
I'm pretty sure that's the case, yeah. That seems to answer it, so I'm resolving this, but feel free to reopen if there's anything else.
(0031495)
Detros   
2014-12-26 17:28   
OK, the third part was answered. Thanks.

But what about those two grammar bugs, 1) either "a" or plural and 2) "a" instead of "an"? Note the list in the end of description.
(0031497)
lethosor   
2014-12-26 18:54   
Yeah, those two are incorrect. I added an "a" in the third one (before "cushion") to match the full description.