Re: Clarity of Orders

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I agree with Michael.  Often in FTF a player writes down his unit positions 
and then a (-) dash and then follows the dash with a support order.  It 
appears the same is occurring here with the word "to".
Len Tennant

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael D. Ashland" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [CAT23-GM] Clarity of Orders


> You are going to get opinions both ways, but "to" is a preposition, not
> a verb, and as such, the presence of the word "support(s)" (a transitive
> verb in this case) in the orders would settle the question in my mind. I
> would rule both 5 & 6 as valid support orders with a caution to the
> player in question to not use both "to" and "support" in future orders
> in consideration of the poor GM who must worry about such things. :-)
>
> Regards to all,
>
> Mike A.
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> squirelibbymcafee wrote:
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>>Gentleman,
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>>I would be interested in your input on the orders below. All orders
>>are logical regarding the borders between the provinces, meaning they
>>are adjacent and would succeed if not attacked or opposed. The
>>intended actions of the units in orders 5 & 6 are in question.  I am
>>inclined to consider 5 & 6 as ambiguous, given the use of verbs in
>>orders 1-4.
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>>1 – "Unit Province C to Province D"
>>2 – "Unit Province E supports Unit Province C to Province D"
>>3 – "Unit Province G to Province H"
>>4 – "Unit Province I supports A Province G to Province H"
>>5 – "Unit Province F to supports Province E"
>>6 – "Unit Province J to support Foreign Country Unit Province Z"
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>>TY,
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>>Libby
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>>wnrytyrsd
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