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myk wrote: ''In my PDF manual, from the collector's edition, the comma is missing; are there versions ''with'' the comma?''   No comma in the Depths of Doom manual either (IIRC to include it is technically correct, though awkward, grammar), but we should keep in mind that any version of the manual could have completely unintentional mistakes of this kind: the originals were scribbled down as rapidly as possible, while the newer versions were presumably retyped in a sweatshop.  For example, in the Depths of Doom manual, the cacodemon attack is written "ball-lightning" rather than "ball lightning", but which is correct? [http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10918140] [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070122-ball-lightning_2.html]    [[User:Ryan W|Ryan W]] 20:19, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 
: Errors are valid in quotes, though I'd say we can choose the apparently better version when more than one is available and known to any editors. In the case of "ball-lightning" I guess the dash makes sense. <small>[[User:Who is like God?|Who is like God?]] 20:12, 18 June 2008 (UTC)</small>
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