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Standard actions which change the state of things
Locking it with , Unlocking it with , Switching on , Switching off , Opening , Closing , Wearing , Taking off 

Taking off something (past tense taken off)

The Standard Rules give Inform only a simple model of clothing. A thing can be worn only if it has the either/or property of being 'wearable'. (Typing a sentence like 'Mr Jones wears the Homburg hat.' automatically implies that the hat is wearable, which is why we only seldom need to use the word 'wearable' directly.) There is no checking of how much or how little any actor is wearing, or how incongruous this may appear: nor any distinction between under or over-clothes.

When an article of clothing is taken off, it becomes a thing directly carried by its former wearer, rather than being (say) dropped onto the floor.

Typed commands leading to this action

"take off [something]"

"remove [something preferably held]"

"shed [something preferably held]"

Rules controlling this action

before    asking someone to try doing something when the person asked is not the current interlocutor  giving orders needs an interlocutor rule   name  unlist 

NB: the change greeting command to greeting rule is listed before the giving orders needs an interlocutor rule in the before rules 

NB: the check going during convnode rule is listed before the say goodbye when moving rule in the before rules 

check    an actor taking off  can't take off what's not worn rule   name  unlist

carry out    an actor taking off  standard taking off rule   name  unlist

report    an actor taking off  standard report taking off rule   name  unlist