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<blockquote data-quote="Mercutio01" data-source="post: 5766772" data-attributes="member: 37277">He did say &quot;An encounter,&quot; not &quot;The encounter,&quot; if we're going to get nitty on parsing the language. I think trying to read that as &quot;ALL encounters with two guards aren't fun&quot; is reading way more into that sentence than was intended. &quot;An&quot; implies one, not all, especially since &quot;an&quot; is the root word for &quot;one.&quot; And if we go with that meaning, we can also come to the following: &quot;This encounter with two guards at the gate isn't fun, but another one might be.&quot;But that's picking nits. Once again, I think the crux of the statement is being nit-picked to death. People seem to think Wyatt wants to prohibit any and all meetings with gate-guards, when what I think he's really saying is don't add a needless meeeting with a gate guard that goes like this, &quot;Welcome to our city. Be good.&quot; &quot;Thanks, we will. Which way to the inn?&quot; &quot;That way.&quot; and instead just jump past it with, &quot;You enter the city and make your way to the central inn.&quot;I did say &quot;most&quot; and not &quot;all.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercutio01, post: 5766772, member: 37277"] He did say "An encounter," not "The encounter," if we're going to get nitty on parsing the language. I think trying to read that as "ALL encounters with two guards aren't fun" is reading way more into that sentence than was intended. "An" implies one, not all, especially since "an" is the root word for "one." And if we go with that meaning, we can also come to the following: "This encounter with two guards at the gate isn't fun, but another one might be." But that's picking nits. Once again, I think the crux of the statement is being nit-picked to death. People seem to think Wyatt wants to prohibit any and all meetings with gate-guards, when what I think he's really saying is don't add a needless meeeting with a gate guard that goes like this, "Welcome to our city. Be good." "Thanks, we will. Which way to the inn?" "That way." and instead just jump past it with, "You enter the city and make your way to the central inn." I did say "most" and not "all." [/QUOTE]

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