Language questions

[jetsetdanny]

And so it shall be written. Thanks again, Ian!  :)

[Spider]

I'd agree with that. :)

[jetsetdanny]

"The Original Edition was released in TAP and SNA formats."

 

In this particular sentence, "formats" or format"?

 

Also, "in the TAP and SNA format(s)" or without the article?

 

Or is it better to express it in a different way?

[jetsetdanny]

1. You play a game "on an emulator" or "in an emulator"? Or something else (e.g. using an emulator)?

 

2. "The lowermost guardian walks into the conveyor. However, this causes no problems as the conveyor's shape has been designed so that none of its pixels collide with any of the guardian's pixels."

 

none of its pixels "collide" or "collides"?

 

 

EDIT: These are two separate questions, but for some reason every time I post the second one, which is meant to be a separate post, it gets merged with the first one. I even tried logging out of the forum and logging back in, but the problem persists, so I'll leave it like that.

Edited September 11, 2016 by jetsetdanny

[IRF]

"The Original Edition was released in TAP and SNA formats."

 

In this particular sentence, "formats" or format"?

 

Also, "in the TAP and SNA format(s)" or without the article?

 

Or is it better to express it in a different way?

 

I'd go for the plural 'formats'.

 

I don't think it needs the article.  I'm not 100% sure, but considering a more 'familiar' example: "Create a document in Word format", I don't think in that case you'd say "the Word format".

Edited September 11, 2016 by IRF

[IRF]

1. You play a game "on an emulator" or "in an emulator"? Or something else (e.g. using an emulator)?

 

2. "The lowermost guardian walks into the conveyor. However, this causes no problems as the conveyor's shape has been designed so that none of its pixels collide with any of the guardian's pixels."

 

none of its pixels "collide" or "collides"?

 

 

EDIT: These are two separate questions, but for some reason every time I post the second one, which is meant to be a separate post, it gets merged with the first one. I even tried logging out of the forum and logging back in, but the problem persists, so I'll leave it like that.

 

1. I'm not sure regarding the emulator question, perhaps they're all okay?  Maybe you play "in an emulator on a PC"?

 

2. A pixel (singular) collides; whereas pixels (plural) collide.  So it's fine in the form that you quoted above.  Incidentally, which room is it that you're referring to there?

Edited September 11, 2016 by IRF

[jetsetdanny]

Thanks for all your replies, Ian!  :)

[IRF]

I can't recall which room it is where the guardian disappears into the conveyor without colliding?

[jetsetdanny]

Sorry, I didn't answer your question. It happens in "Entomological Research Station" (17).

[IRF]

By the way, congratulations Danny on recently passing the 1000-posts milestone!