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Grammar of "photograph" verb (lines 974-994)

974  Include "Grammar";
975   
976  !       Defined in DM4 §6
977  [ PhotographSub;
978          if (camera notin player) "Not without the use of your camera.";
979          if (noun == player) "Best not. You haven't shaved since Mexico.";
980          if (children(player) > 1)
981              "Photography is a cumbersome business, needing the use of both
982               hands. You'll have to put everything else down.";
983          if (location == Forest) "In this rain-soaked forest, best not.";
984          if (location == thedark) "It is far too dark.";
985          if (AfterRoutines()) return;
986          print_ret "You set up the elephantine, large-format, wet-plate camera,
987                     adjust the sodium lamp and make a patient exposure of ",
988                     (the) noun, ".";
989          ];
990   
991  Verb 'photograph'
992          * noun          -> Photograph;
993   
994  ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- !


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