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#1 User is offline   Trinidad 

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Posted 2012-May-02, 12:21

View Postbluejak, on 2012-May-02, 10:11, said:

View Postaguahombre, on 2012-April-30, 21:15, said:

Then we will move on to our next crusade.

To stop writing 'will' when we mean 'shall'? :)

On a forum that is hosted in the USA, in a world that is ruled by the USA, the correct form is: 'We will need to start learning Chinese.'.

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Posted 2012-May-02, 13:25

View PostTrinidad, on 2012-May-02, 12:21, said:

On a forum that is hosted in the USA, in a world that is ruled by the USA, ...


And in a thread where players use language to mean something different from the language defined in regulations, it is odd to start correcting english usage.
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