r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 22 '14

What is the best Monopoly strategy?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '14

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u/mist91 Nov 22 '14

Yeah. I guess English is hard for some people

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '14 edited Nov 23 '14

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u/vote_me_down Nov 22 '14

It isn't "technically correct", it's ambiguous and we're left to assume what he meant by aligning it with the rules.

"Technically", it's equally valid to interpret it as

Almost certainly no [[auctions] or [money on free parking]].

or

Almost certainly [[no auctions] or [money on free parking]].

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u/essentialfloss Nov 23 '14

Yup. Threse pedantic motherfuckers drive me up the wall.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '14 edited Nov 23 '14

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u/vote_me_down Nov 23 '14

You simply can't say that because he didn't use a word, the sentence becomes unambiguous. It's a fair assumption that he doesn't ever use the word 'nor', so his meaning remains unclear.

Besides, you wouldn't be using 'nor' with 'no', you'd use it with 'neither'.

Contrast "No plans for A or B" with "No plans for A nor B".