??ANSWER TO EXERCISE 24

Suppose Dan's grammar (but nobody else's) for the "examine'' verb is to be extended. His grammar routine should also contain:

           if (verb_word == 'examine' or 'x')
           {   verb_wordnum++; return -'danx,'; }
(Note the crudity of this: it looks at the actual verb word, so you have to check any synonyms yourself.) The verb "danx,'' must be declared later:
Verb "danx," * "conscience" -> Inv;
and now "Dan, examine conscience'' will send him an Inv order: but "Dan, examine cow pie'' will still send Examine cow_pie as usual.

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