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MC-64496

grammatical mistake in the F3 menu

Dear mojang,
The F3 menu has been showing a grammatical mistake throughout the previous and current snapshots.

*When I opened the debug screen I was expecting to see the word "toward" indicating the direction is was facing.

What really happened was that the screen said "facing:south TOWARDS positive z." This is a problem for the following reasons:
1. Towards is not an actual word; it is merely an add on to the word toward. The S adds nothing to the meaning so it should be removed for more efficiency.
2. Removing the unnecessary S could ever so slightly boost the available memory (about 5 bits) to play the game. Doing so would allow more users, who are just on the brink of being able, to play the game. This of course could boost sales giving Mojang more resources to further develop this great game.
3. On a purely educational standard, teaching children to be more efficient with the size of their words can also boost the educational value of the game. I know there is a great amount of literature on how Minecraft helps develop spacial reasoning and math skills to name a few, but you should also think of the good you could do for the language arts and reading classes (two areas that are quite underdeveloped in today's youth.) You would most certainly be teaching the children necessary principles of the English language. Most importantly, this change would boost the public perception of Minecraft being an educational game; this publicity would also boost sales and popularity of not only the game but for the whole Mojang community.

If you wish to reproduce this error,
1 Hit the f3 button.
2 Look at the 10th line.

I hope you all consider fixing this error, and Good luck on your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
Connor

Comments 3

Please do not mark unreleased versions (anything starting with "Future Version") as affected. You don't have access to them yet.

"2. Removing the unnecessary S could ever so slightly boost the available memory (about 5 bits) to play the game. Doing so would allow more users, who are just on the brink of being able, to play the game. This of course could boost sales giving Mojang more resources to further develop this great game."

Wut. 1 letter is 1 byte (8 bits). That is no where near what is needed for a single player.
A single player can use up to a few megabytes (1 million bytes).

Also a simple google will show http://www.learnersdictionary.com/qa/which-should-you-use-toward-or-towards

Although this is a question that confuses many, the answer is simple: Toward and towards are completely interchangeable, so you can use either one whenever you want.

Connor O'Brien

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Minecraft 14w30c, Minecraft 14w31a

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