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Standard actions which change the state of things
Locking it with , Unlocking it with , Switching on , Switching off , Opening , Closing , Wearing , Taking off

Wearing something (past tense worn)

The Standard Rules give Inform only a simple model of clothing. A thing can be worn only if it has the either/or property of being 'wearable'. (Typing a sentence like 'Mr Jones wears the Homburg hat.' automatically implies that the hat is wearable, which is why we only seldom need to use the word 'wearable' directly.) There is no checking of how much or how little any actor is wearing, or how incongruous this may appear: nor any distinction between under or over-clothes.
To put on an article of clothing, the actor must be directly carrying it, as enforced by the 'can't wear what's not held rule'.

Typed commands leading to this action

"wear/don [something preferably held]"

"put on [something preferably held]"

"put [something preferably held] on"

Rules controlling this action

check an actor wearing can't wear what's not clothing rule name unlist 1

A "[We] [can't wear] [regarding the noun][those]!" name set

check an actor wearing can't wear what's not held rule name unlist 1

A "[We] [aren't] holding [regarding the noun][those]!" name set

check an actor wearing can't wear what's already worn rule name unlist 1

A "[We]['re] already wearing [regarding the noun][those]!" name set

carry out an actor wearing standard wearing rule name unlist

report an actor wearing standard report wearing rule name unlist 2

A "[We] [put] on [the noun]." name set
B "[The actor] [put] on [the noun]." name set

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