There are too many grammar errors.

[Veritass]

While we are picking nits...

"ellipsis" is the singular and "ellipses" is the plural.

[petermarkab]

Originally posted by Sleestax
Since the game is probably being coded in India or Ireland or somewhere else known for outsourced coders, I expect the English to be non-American standard.

They must speak some sort of pigeon-english in these countries - must be their accents or something...

I'd be surprised if they can speak proper english in these countries; personally I believe their education system is to blame. Won't be up to the standard of the good ol' U S of A!

[Sleestax]

Originally posted by petermarkab


They must speak some sort of pigeon-english in these countries - must be their accents or something...

I'd be surprised if they can speak proper english in these countries; personally I believe their education system is to blame. Won't be up to the standard of the good ol' U S of A!

I didn't say proper English, I said standard American English. But spot on being offended over nothing.

[petermarkab]

Originally posted by Sleestax

I didn't say proper English, I said standard American English. But spot on being offended over nothing.

Originally posted by Sleestax

When I see the screw-ups, I just snicker or sigh and move on.

This is a thread about the grammar in civ 4. I'm not aware of grammatical - and specifically written grammatical - differences between American English, British English, Irish English, Indian English or English English. The differences between these dialects are in vocabulary, not in grammar. So anyone learning English in India, Ireland or Iowa will learn the same rules of grammar therefore you imply it is their location or nationality which impairs their grasp of English.

But spot on with your accuracy!

[Dr,ape]

Games got outsourced to India.
Gaming got outsourced to Indians (N.A.).

There is one thing they both have in common ...

[StarLightDeath]

I can't believe there are actually people on here who say things to the effect of, "If it bothers you then feel free to fix it." With people like that around no wonder game companies feel no need to make sure a product is properly polished.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by petermarkab
The differences between these dialects are in vocabulary, not in grammar.

Obviously, you've never been subject to the many liberties we take with our grammar here in India

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by StarLightDeath
I can't believe there are actually people on here who say things to the effect of, "If it bothers you then feel free to fix it." With people like that around no wonder game companies feel no need to make sure a product is properly polished.

I have to agree with you absolutely over here... Simple proof-reading or looking up an atlas for city names are NOT things we should be expected to "mod in" ourselves.

[Urban Ranger]

I don't understand this.

Why do some people complain about such trivial issues when the game doesn't run properly on a good number of computers?

[rjwoer]

I think that's the whole point: Trivial in your opinion, not trivial in ours (especially if the game is running fine for us).

[StarLightDeath]

I think the fact is that there are so many errors on so many levels that something like grammatical errors shouldn't even be there. It's so simple and easy to fix and it's easy to spot...if the beta testers were doing their job of course.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by StarLightDeath
I think the fact is that there are so many errors on so many levels that something like grammatical errors shouldn't even be there. It's so simple and easy to fix and it's easy to spot...if the beta testers were doing their job of course.

To be fair this is not the beta-tester's job.

[Sleestax]

Originally posted by petermarkab



...The differences between these dialects are in vocabulary, not in grammar. So anyone learning English in India, Ireland or Iowa will learn the same rules of grammar therefore you imply it is their location or nationality which impairs their grasp of English.

Congratulations. You have just proven you don't know that there are differences between British and American English grammar. Not vocabulary, though there are obvious differences there, but actual grammar.

Please do continue being a drama queen though.

[rjwoer]

there are differences between British and American English grammar. Not vocabulary, though there are obvious differences there, but actual grammar.

Yes--you are right to point this out. Anyone in doubt might read the best-seller "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" for a whole discussion on this. Although much of the differences have to do with syntax and punctuation rather than traditional rules of grammar such as nominative case, for example.

[GodSpawn]

True, but the differences are relatively tiny and few. Often when reading a book, the only way to tell if it is American or British is by the spelling. The grammatical differences are often too obtuse to notice.

One of the few obvious differences is calling rivers "Mississippi River" (US) rather than "River Thames" (UK).