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As a result, there are no carry out or report rules. To 649 make it into a systematic and interesting action, we would need to 650 unlist the block showing rule and then to write carry out and report 651 rules: but usually for IF purposes we only need to make a handful of 652 special cases of showing work properly, and for those we can simply 653 write Instead rules to handle them.<p><hr><p><b>Typed commands leading to this action</b><p> 654 <p class="hangingin2">"show/present/display [someone] [something preferably held]" <i>reversed</i></p><p class="hangingin2">"show/present/display [something preferably held] to [someone]"</p><p><b>Rules controlling this action</b></p><p> 655 <p class="hangingin2">check <i>an actor showing something to</i> <font color="#800000">can't show what you haven't got rule</font> <a href="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t show what you haven[=0x0027=]t got rule')"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <a href="javascript:pasteCode('The can[=0x0027=]t show what you haven[=0x0027=]t got rule is not listed in the check showing it to rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <a href="#" onclick="showResp('extra1000212', 'plus1000212'); return false;"><img border=0 id="plus1000212" src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 1</p> 656 <div id="extra1000212" style="display: none;"><p class="in2"> <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> A </span> <span style="color: #000066;">"[We] [aren't] holding [the noun]."</span> <a href="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t show what you haven[=0x0027=]t got rule response (A)')"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <a href="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t show what you haven[=0x0027=]t got rule response (A) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i></div> 657 <p class="hangingin2">check <i>an actor showing something to</i> <font color="#800000">convert show to yourself to examine rule</font> <a href="javascript:pasteCode('convert show to yourself to examine rule')"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <a href="javascript:pasteCode('The convert show to yourself to examine rule is not listed in the check showing it to rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i></p> 658 <p class="hangingin2">check <i>an actor showing something to</i> <font color="#800000">block showing rule</font> <a href="javascript:pasteCode('block showing rule')"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <a href="javascript:pasteCode('The block showing rule is not listed in the check showing it to rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <a href="#" onclick="showResp('extra1000214', 'plus1000214'); return false;"><img border=0 id="plus1000214" src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 1</p> 659 <div id="extra1000214" style="display: none;"><p class="in2"> <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> A </span> <span style="color: #000066;">"[The second noun] [are] unimpressed."</span> <a href="javascript:pasteCode('block showing rule response (A)')"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <a href="javascript:pasteCode('block showing rule response (A) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i></div> 660 <br>Click on the speech-bubble icons to see the responses, or here to see all of them: <a href="#" onclick="showAllResp(); return false;"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 2</p> 661 <!--CONTENT ENDS--> 662 </font> 663 </body> 664 </html>