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Well, I'm kind of new at this but my understanding is, even if you say there's a comma, if your word could complete the sentence then it can still be challenged. So, uh.... bzzzt?

Well, for startes, you can always argue that we haven't mentioned the second substance that is combined with the acrid emmissions (etc), and there's always room for a 'however' or 'yet' in there...

I wasn't thinking it would need to combine with something else... 'combinations of acrid emissions' just means combinations of different kinds of acrid emissions. And sure, there's always room for a 'however' but I'm sure I saw in an earlier conversation that if it could be the end of the sentence (and I think it could be) then you can still challenge even if the sentence could also be continued. Otherwise we'd go on forever because there's always some way of continuing a sentence.

So what's the plan now?

The last I heard, The Plan was a rock band reciting Shakespeare in the small town of E-Major... but that was in a different forum. Well, maybe we should ask Peet what to do.

The last I heard, The Plan was a rock band reciting Shakespeare in a pub called "The Devious Mind" in the small town of E-Major... but that was in a different forum. Well, maybe we should ask Peet what to do.

(sorry if this posts twice, I got disconnected the first time.)

I support aPerson's challenge... I was going to challenge there myself, but I get nagged for always being the person to challenge.

The rules were published in the original forum; to reiterate:

Play progresses by adding one word to the end of a slowly forming sentence, always leaving part of a valid sentence yet never completing a valid sentence. You don't lay down punctuation, although you are at liberty to suggest it, in as much as future players are also at liberty to ignore it. Playing a word means you take responsibility for all words leading up to yours. If you think the sentence cannot be completed, or the sentence is already complete you challenge. (Buzzer optional!) On making a challenge the current sentence is finished (one way or another), and you must also start the new one. (note to aPerson: You need to start a new sentence!)

Scoring:
This game employs a "negative scoring" philosophy... No single player can be jugded to win, but a player can be judged to lose... You lose if you either complete a sentence, or challenge a sentence as uncompletable and are proven wrong by THE PERSON WHO PLAYED THE LAST WORD. Sorry for raising my voice there, but it's important that no other player provides suggestions for ending the sentence before the person being challenged has made a posting. They must come up with a valid sentence starting with those words already played (all of them, in the same order!) on their next posting, or they lose. This is where punctuation comes into its own, as putting some words in quotes can completely change the sense of a sentence! Note, that even if the sentence was made uncompletable by someone else much earlier the last player to add to it has taken responsibility for all preceding words!

So, to simplify, you lose if:
1) You complete a sentence.
2) You are last to play a word on an uncompletable sentence.
3) You challence that a sentence is uncompletable, and are proven wrong by the previous player.

(*Phew!*)
Pedantically yours,
Peet
(Remember to start a new one, aPerson!)

Where do I stand if the sentence is uncontinuable (as in this example), because I didn't stand a chance.

Mind you, if this is anything like the game played on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, I'm sure I'll pick up the rules eventually!

M@x

That's when you "bite the pullet(?)" and admit defeat - finish the sentence and start a new one!

Fair enough..........

"My"

(Ooh goody, I get to start aSentence... I guess I'm more than just a billboard.)

Sentences

will

invariably

contain

significant

yet

simultaneously

pleasing

or