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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5045900" data-attributes="member: 82106">Sorry, we'll just have to totally disagree on this one DS. The phrase &quot;target one enemy&quot; obviously DOES refer to one target and the word &quot;one&quot; is a quantifier that so limits it. If I said &quot;The enemy is attacking&quot; you wouldn't expect that to mean one single enemy would you? Of course not. That isn't how the English language works. Nor is &quot;you must attack the enemy&quot; referring to one single target except possibly by reference to something earlier in the same sentence or paragraph which particularizes it. Enemy is an indefinite noun that refers to a class of people. It doesn't matter that it is a game term, it is used as a game term perfectly well to refer to either one or many depending on the context according to the standard rules of the English language! &quot;Enemy&quot; in 4e thus means no more or less than &quot;whatever creatures are opposed to you in this encounter&quot;. It COULD in specific cases like &quot;target one enemy&quot; be nominating a single opponent but in the general case it is a reference to the entire class of all opponents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5045900, member: 82106"] Sorry, we'll just have to totally disagree on this one DS. The phrase "target one enemy" obviously DOES refer to one target and the word "one" is a quantifier that so limits it. If I said "The enemy is attacking" you wouldn't expect that to mean one single enemy would you? Of course not. That isn't how the English language works. Nor is "you must attack the enemy" referring to one single target except possibly by reference to something earlier in the same sentence or paragraph which particularizes it. Enemy is an indefinite noun that refers to a class of people. It doesn't matter that it is a game term, it is used as a game term perfectly well to refer to either one or many depending on the context according to the standard rules of the English language! "Enemy" in 4e thus means no more or less than "whatever creatures are opposed to you in this encounter". It COULD in specific cases like "target one enemy" be nominating a single opponent but in the general case it is a reference to the entire class of all opponents. [/QUOTE]

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