Rule 1260A (Dave: Mutable) Alternate amend syntax
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Enact
When all of the following four conditions occur in a properly passed proposal
the normal procedure for interpreting an Amend Command is not followed.
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  (1.)  The first line of the Body following an Amend Command consists of only
the single word "From."
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  (2.)  Text following that line (hereafter referred to as the From Sub-Body)
unambiguously matches text in the rule which is being amended.
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  (3.)  There is a line following that text consisting of only the word "To."
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  (4.)  There is text following that line (hereafter referred to as the To
Sub-Body) which is a grammatically coherent replacement for the text of the.
From Sub-body.
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Rather, the text matched by the From Sub-Body is replaced in the amended rule
with the To Sub-Body.
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Spacing and the ends of lines are not considered in parsing matches.
Capitalization and punctuation, however, are.  By the same token, the text of
a rule amended by the procedure defined in this rule may be reformatted with
spacing and line breaks as required to avoid rules looking like free verse.
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This rule takes precedence over Rule 107 (part 3.5) regarding What Happens
When a Block is Interpreted If Its Command is an Amend Command.
# Seconds Evantine
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 # Comment It is not expected that the game implementors will have a working
model of English grammar which will allow automatic disallowing of changes
not satisfying condition A-4.  This should in no way affect the rule however.
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@ sign Evantine:3118:Fri Apr 23 14:49:24 1993
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