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Section - Sinks and Taps

A sink is a kind of container.

A sink is usually scenery.

A sink can be switched on or switched off.

A sink is usually switched off.

Understand "sink" and "sinks" and "basin" and "basins" as a sink.

Understand "faucets" and "tap" and "taps" and "faucet" as "[faucets]".

Understand "[faucets]" as a sink.

Instead of inserting something into a sink:

say "[The noun] might get wet."

Instead of putting something on a sink:

try inserting the noun into the second noun.

[Removed to improve performance (CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS WAS ACTUALLY IN THE GAME THOUGH)]:

[faucets are a kind of thing. They are plural-named.

The printed name of faucets is usually "faucets". [To stop Inform from automatically calling them "the sink's faucets" or, even worse, "the sinks's faucets".]

Some faucets are part of every sink.

Locality relates a thing (called X) to a room (called Y) when Y is the location of X.

The verb to be located in implies the locality relation.

Before printing the name of a faucets (called tap) when the asking which do you mean activity is going on or photo-name-printing is true:

say "[location of the tap] ";

Understand "[something related by locality] [faucets]" as a faucets.]

Instead of switching on sink:

try washing the hands.

Instead of switching off sink:

say "The faucets are already turned off."

Instead of turning a sink:

try switching on the noun.

[Instead of turning faucets:

try switching on the noun.

Instead of switching off faucets:

say "The faucets are already turned off."

Instead of switching on faucets:

try washing the hands.

Instead of photographing faucets with:

try photographing the holder of the noun with the second noun.

Instead of querying Casey's notes about a faucets:

try querying Casey's notes about the holder of the second noun.

Instead of drinking a faucets:

try drinking the holder of the noun.] [ALSO REMOVED TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE]

Instead of drinking a sink:

say "You're not thirsty enough to bother drinking straight from the faucet."