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Error messages shouldn't be questions #170

Open davedotluebke opened 4 years ago

davedotluebke commented 4 years ago 
> light match
Did you mean to light a fire?
> yes
Parse error: no object supported verb 'yes'

We do this a lot. Unless we want to figure out a MUCH more sophisticated parser that can hold the thread of a conversation (someday...) we should change our in-game error messages not to sound like questions.