Jazzy95 Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 I think it's a bug. I was reading the bug about Nukes and I read the defeat alert Subject: Defeat Alert Message: Your nation has been defeated in battle. You do not have enough troops to defend your nation and your government has been thrown into Anarchy. You have lost all of your tanks, 7 spies, 60.65 infrastructure has been destroyed, 16.00 technology was lost and $5,000,000.00 of your money reserves [b]was[/b] destroyed due to the invasion and resulting riots.[b] What troops you did have[/b] deployed have also been returned home. Mistake 1: It should be were Mistake 2: I don't know if it is a mistake but it certainly doesn't roll off the tounge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivi Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 It looks like "was" is referring back to "money" and not "reserves", which makes sense. '2' could be "What troops you had deployed...", but I think it may be grammatically correct already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzy95 Posted March 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) It looks like money is actually an adjective because it is describing what kind of reserve it is And 2- I was just saying it didn't toll off the tongue but it is correct Edited March 9, 2010 by Krausberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penkala Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) [quote name='Krausberg' date='07 March 2010 - 04:56 PM' timestamp='1267999293' post='2217219'] I think it's a bug. I was reading the bug about Nukes and I read the defeat alert Subject: Defeat Alert Message: Your nation has been defeated in battle. You do not have enough troops to defend your nation and your government has been thrown into Anarchy. You have lost all of your tanks, 7 spies, 60.65 infrastructure has been destroyed, 16.00 technology was lost and $5,000,000.00 of your money reserves [b]was[/b] destroyed due to the invasion and resulting riots.[b] What troops you did have[/b] deployed have also been returned home. Mistake 1: It should be were Mistake 2: I don't know if it is a mistake but it certainly doesn't roll off the tounge [/quote] If it's a defined amount of money it takes the singular verb.. so it should be "was". Example: $5,000,000 were added to the coffer is incorrect (and sounds incorrect); $5,000,000 was added to the coffer is correct (and, indeed, sounds correct.) And the second part seems fine to me. In fact, the big grammar mistake in the above post is on your end: tongue is not spelled tounge. Edited March 11, 2010 by Penkala Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzy95 Posted March 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 I thought I fixed that spelling mistake I get what you are saying though, but if what you are saying is true then shouldn't reserves be reserve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 [quote name='Penkala' date='11 March 2010 - 02:10 PM' timestamp='1268334965' post='2222337'] If it's a defined amount of money it takes the singular verb.. so it should be "was". Example: $5,000,000 were added to the coffer is incorrect (and sounds incorrect); $5,000,000 was added to the coffer is correct (and, indeed, sounds correct.) And the second part seems fine to me. In fact, the big grammar mistake in the above post is on your end: tongue is not spelled tounge. [/quote] I agree with this, so therefore I agree with myself. The grammar sounds fine here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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