Source and suggestion

C18 · Source and suggestion

Complete fictional source

A fictional camping-game kit has a rolled paper map and a flat paper badge. The supplied player response says, ‘I want the rolled map in the side pocket because I can find it quickly in the game.’ No actual outdoor trip, emergency equipment or safety advice is involved. A new suggestion says, ‘We could add a pocket label.’ The label has not been tried. A pretend reader asks whether the message is reporting the response or offering the label. A useful note can preserve the side-pocket choice and its reason, then identify the label as a suggestion. Real names, routes and travel plans are unnecessary.

Your invitation

Use the complete source for the day's named job. Choose spoken, pointed, dictated, object or written work; keep the source and any new suggestion distinguishable.

Source status

Original complete fictional ordinary teaching source; adult-read option, not unseen held assessment.