Imperial Decree #25: The Steward

[Kaiseress Viviantia I]

Quote: In times when a successor is below twelve years of age, a Steward shall be appointed by a majority of the Landsraad. A steward shall be appointed by the Kaiser or Landsraad should the Kaiser take temporary leave of his/her throne.This section of the constition shall be adjusted to read.Quote: In times when a successor is below twelve years of age, a Steward shall be appointed by a majority of the Landsraad. A steward shall be appointed by the Kaiser or Landsraad should the Kaiser take temporary leave of his/her throne. Should the Kaiser or Landsraad not appoint a Steward, the people of the land, whom have voting rights, may vote from among the dukes of the Landsraad, a steward to take the place of the Kaiser till his return or till a new one ascends the throne.Signed by my hand.Viviantia I,Kaiseress of Shireroth Kaiseress Viviantia IKaiseress of ShirerothEdited by: Kaiseress Viviantia I  at: 6/13/02 6:46:34 pm

[Gryphon the Pure]

Referring to the appositive in the second clause of the third sentence in the amendment:In that usage, the pronoun in the third person should be in the subjective form 'who' since it is the subject of the appositive. If it were the object of the appositive, in this case, "by whom the voting rights are had" (in which case the verb 'to hold' would be a better stylistic choice), then the objective form 'whom' would be grammatically correct. Also there would not be a comma between land and who(m). The easiest way to avoid grammatical incorrectness would be to simply say "...the people of the land with voting rights may vote..." or "...the citizens of the land may vote...". Don't kill the messenger. Heil Apostrophe! "Some are destined for greatness, but others decide for themsleves."-Destiny, Angel of Light

[Kaiseress Viviantia I]

Don't nock a Kaiser's grammer..... It's not....healthy... Kaiseress Viviantia IKaiseress of Shireroth

[Gryphon the Pure]

Okay, I'm just saying that maybe if you're going to have a constitution you might want it to be grammatically correct.Or maybe you should decree that the constitution is grammatically correct no matter how much it seems to the contrary.And I did say don't kill the messenger.I'm just suggesting you might want to not get on Apostrophe's bad side or she might change all your J's to G's, and we don't wan't that. Heil Apostrophe!(Okay, I'll stop criticizing.) Long live the Kaiseress!

[Kaiseress Viviantia I]

I care not if I'm her bad side. I'm already on her bad side. But note that Viviantia is a higher god than her. So.. there! Kaiseress Viviantia IKaiseress of Shireroth

[Gryphon the Pure]

Damn hierarchy!

[Kaiseress Viviantia I]

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