Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

POP 6, a numbering mistake

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The_Lurb

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So in the POP 6 set Riolu is number 8 and Pikachu is number 9. As you know the cards are numbered alphabetically for each rarity. Riolu and Pikachu are both uncommons but P comes before R which means Pikachu should be 8 and Rilou should be 9. It looks like someone needs to brush up on the alphabet.:thumb: Yeah just a funny mistake I noticed.
 
Today at a prerelease I think I might have caught a mistake. Luxio's text-"Its claws loose electricity with enough amperage to cause fainting." I'm not sure if they meant lose or if I'm just dumb, but it doesn't make sense to me.
 
Actually that text is correct "to cut loose" means to simply "let out" so basicly what it's saying is Luxio lets out energy from it's claws that causes enough amperage to cause fainting.
 
I've never heard that expression used in that way. I actually rarely ever hear that expression at all *lol*. I've heard it more commonly as "to turn loose" which is more or less "to release."

The_Lurb, nice find. I guess no one cared enough about POP6 to take notice :D
 
ShadowCard said:
I've never heard that expression used in that way. I actually rarely ever hear that expression at all *lol*. I've heard it more commonly as "to turn loose" which is more or less "to release."

The_Lurb, nice find. I guess no one cared enough about POP6 to take notice :D
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Eh well I think I got the point across, but you're right.:biggrin:

LOL at the second part.:biggrin:
 
The_Lurb said:
Actually that text is correct "to cut loose" means to simply "let out" so basicly what it's saying is Luxio lets out energy from it's claws that causes enough amperage to cause fainting.
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Oh. I didn't know loose could be used as a verb. I hate that word. It lost me a spelling bee in third grade. I spelled it looce. I knew how to spell it, but s and c both have the sss sound and it just came out wrong.
 
Fox McCloud said:
Oh. I didn't know loose could be used as a verb. I hate that word. It lost me a spelling bee in third grade. I spelled it looce. I knew how to spell it, but s and c both have the sss sound and it just came out wrong.
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To be fair, "loose" is not the verb. "turn/cut loose" is the verb, actually called an idiomatic expression.
 
ShadowCard said:
To be fair, "loose" is not the verb. "turn/cut loose" is the verb, actually called an idiomatic expression.
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Then shouldn't the text read "Its claws turn/cut loose electricity with enough amperage to cause fainting" instead of "Its claws loose electricity with enough amperage to cause fainting"?
 
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Yes, it should. It is a mistake; the idiomatic expression having no bearing on the actual sentence in question.
 
Dictionary.com says Loose can be used as a verb, as in this sentence:
–verb (used with object)
20. free from bonds or restraint.

There is no mistake in the sentence."Its claws loose electricity with enough amperage to cause fainting" Luxio's claws free enough amperage to cause fainting, meaning that it's claws have so much electric current in them that when they are used to attack another pokemon, the other pokemon faints.
 
ApachePrime, you've misquoted dictionary.com.

dictionary.com said:
20.to let loose; free from bonds or restraint.
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This turns up again in #35 as an idiom:
Dictionary.com said:
35. let loose,
a.to free or become free.
b.to yield; give way: The guardrail let loose and we very nearly plunged over the edge.
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"let" is a part of the verb. This usually applies to something which was once restricted, note the example Dictinoary.com gives. For example "who let loose the prisoner?" NOT "who loose the prisoner?"

Dogma, the flavor text does sound very clumsy. amperage is a measurement, so it's trying to say that the strength of the electricity released from its claws can cause fainting.
 
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ShadowCard said:
ApachePrime, you've misquoted dictionary.com.



This turns up again in #35 as an idiom:
"let" is a part of the verb. This usually applies to something which was once restricted, note the example Dictinoary.com gives. For example "who let loose the prisoner?" NOT "who loose the prisoner?"

Dogma, the flavor text does sound very clumsy. amperage is a measurement, so it's trying to say that the strength of the electricity released from its claws can cause fainting.
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But you do say "Loose the dogs of war." You can use loose as a verb, it's in the dictionary. Whether it adds let into the definition or not, it is still usable. This is not a grammatical mistake.
 
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