| Chapter 6: Descriptions |

| 6.8. All, each and every

When testing conditions, we normally talk only about specific things, or else ask if a particular circumstance happens:

> if the oaken door is open
> if a woman is carrying an animal

But we can also use "all", "each" or "every" to check the whole range:

> if each door is open
> if anyone is carrying all of the animals
> if everybody is in the Dining Room

Inform allows other English "determiners" (as they are sometimes called), as well:

> if some of the doors are open
> if most of the doors are open
> if almost all of the doors are open

are true if at least one case is true, if a majority (any number greater than one half) or at least 80 per cent of the possible cases are true, respectively.

And we can also use "none" and "no". These three are all ways to say the same thing:

> if no door is open
> if all of the doors are not open
> if none of the doors is open

though it may be clearer style to find a positive way of putting things:

> if all of the doors are closed

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| Example Revenge of the Fussy Table A small game about resentful furniture and inconvenient objects.

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