From f5ce2f137bff8951965703c63e8183cc17ed67b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean Viscogliosi-Pate Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 22:30:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update Home --- Home.md | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Home.md b/Home.md index 4bfc121..fd6784d 100644 --- a/Home.md +++ b/Home.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ You already have all of the know-how that you need to write with MetamorPOV! We know that "her likes crocodiles" is wrong. It *feels* wrong, even if we can't put a finger on exactly where it went wrong immediately. When writing in plain English, we unconsciously validate the sentence structure. The greatest difference when writing in MetamorPOV is that we need to consciously validate the sentence structure by understanding the elements of that structure. -In the example of "her likes crocodiles," "her" is an **objective pronoun**. Objective pronouns are used to refer to what a verb is acting on. This pronoun doesn't make sense for that phrase because the object of the verb in this case is "crocodiles." "Her" should instead be replaced by the **subjective pronoun** "she." The right phrase would be "she likes crocodiles." +In the example of "her likes apricots," "her" is an **objective pronoun**. Objective pronouns are used to refer to what a verb is acting on. This pronoun doesn't make sense for that phrase because the object of the verb in this case is "apricots." "Her" should instead be replaced by the **subjective pronoun** "she." The right phrase would be "she likes apricots." ## Pronoun scopes @@ -35,12 +35,11 @@ Capitalize the first letter of any `pov/`, `plv/`, or `prn/` marker to capitaliz ## Replacing verbs -Not all sentences ("pov/s likes crocodiles" being an example) will work from all perspectives without also writing the verb in MetamorPOV syntax. Using "pov/s likes crocodiles," both "I likes crocodiles" and "they likes crocodiles" are wrong. +Not all sentences will work from all perspectives without a marker for the verb. -- `vrb/(infinitive verb)/` assumes past tense -- `vrb/(tense)/(infinitive verb)/` - -If "pov/s likes apricots" is instead changed to "pov/s vrb/present/like/ apricots," it will conjugate to "he likes apricots" or "they like apricots" adaptively. +- `pov/s likes apples` will incorrectly become "I likes apples" in first-person +- `pov/s vrb/present/like/ apples` will become "I like apples" in first-person and "he likes apples" in third-person singular +- `vrb/like/` will become "I liked apples" in first-person because past-tense is assumed when tense is not provided Use `vrn/` scope instead of `vrb/` scope when the subject is in `prn/` scope, as opposed to `pov/` scope!