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[SOLVED] #170 Purple - Vexillogy
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 		I think the
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"The scribe that wrote this puzzle needs to see Anna Heath for grammar lessons immediately. S."
little note is just to let us know that
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the grammatical error of using "countries" instead of the correct "country's" in the text box is actually what we should be looking for. I think it's there to let us know that we're looking at what is actually the correct answer.

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What are the countries the flags are of, and do they all still exist?
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 		The comment at the bottom of the card refers to a spelling error in the first word of the solve. If you know what countries all the Flags relate to, you should see what I mean.

If anyone needs any more further explaination just let me know and i'll post a spoiler.
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 		Bolivia
Although it is not a country, the Beni Dept. of Bolivia also has a solid green flag.

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 		What is or was the beni dept?

Because the grammer error, could also be whichcountrysflagwas...

It's not the answer, just me trying to make my work mean something... Oh well.
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RobPal wrote:
The comment at the bottom of the card refers to a spelling error in the first word of the solve. If you know what countries all the Flags relate to, you should see what I mean.

If anyone needs any more further explaination just let me know and i'll post a spoiler.


Are you reffering to "countries" as the error, or something else? If it's something else I think we would like a spoiler. This puzzle has a lot to it, especially with the anagram dthought found. I don't think something like that can just be a coincidence.

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JamesDart wrote:
RobPal wrote:
The comment at the bottom of the card refers to a spelling error in the first word of the solve. If you know what countries all the Flags relate to, you should see what I mean.

If anyone needs any more further explaination just let me know and i'll post a spoiler.


Are you reffering to "countries" as the error, or something else? If it's something else I think we would like a spoiler. This puzzle has a lot to it, especially with the anagram dthought found. I don't think something like that can just be a coincidence.


Oops! My mistake. I thought the error was in the first word, however, when checking this, the flag in question is used by two separate countries and i'd used the wrong one. Therefore on looking at the solve again I can see that the word 'countries' is used out of context. You are correct is saying it should be 'country's' in this case.
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RobPal wrote:
looking at the solve again I can see that the word 'countries' is used out of context. You are correct is saying it should be 'country's' in this case.


If you take the grammar error and correct it to "country's" it throws the allignment of the grid out. Because I'm fairly sure that they will not be able to find a country that begins with an apostraphe. However another grammar error could be mixing up is and was. This way the clue would become, "Which countrys flag was green" rather than "which countries flag is green". And this sticks to the allignment of the grid correctly.
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 		And that might make it refer to Bolivia's Beni Dept. rather than to Libya, taking into account the possible emphasis on 'was'.

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 		I don't know, I think we've gone too far into this one. It's simply Libya. Everything else is Red Herring. I reckon.
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vibration13 wrote:
I don't know, I think we've gone too far into this one. It's simply Libya. Everything else is Red Herring. I reckon.


That 'win or die' thing was pretty kool though..
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Rob_Riv wrote:
vibration13 wrote:
I don't know, I think we've gone too far into this one. It's simply Libya. Everything else is Red Herring. I reckon.


That 'win or die' thing was pretty kool though..


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I still stand by it. Look at the computer puzzle (i haven't checked the latest on the thread though) - that is not a one word solve.

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 		that's cos it hasn't been solved properly yet... the thread title is wrong
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that's cos it hasn't been solved properly yet... the thread title is wrong


Why isn't Libya the answer then?
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Rob_Riv wrote:
Why isn't Lybia the answer then?


Because I don't think we agree on the meaning of the last line about the grammar mistake. Spelling is not grammar. I think it has to do with the absence of an apostrophe.

Do you agree?

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