Said strings & the Use of Articles

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It is wise to take into account articles when creating said strings.  Consider all the different ways that a user could might communicate the command 'give the pig the mirror' to the parser.

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    // Matches: 'give pig mirror' & 'give the pig mirror'
    // Ignores: 'give pig the mirror'
    (if(Said('give/pig<mirror'))
       Print("Output A")
    )

    // Matches: 'give pig the mirror' & 'give the pig the mirror'
    // Ignores: 'give pig mirror' & 'give the pig mirror'
    (if(Said('give/pig/mirror')
       Print("Output B")
    )

    // Combining the 2 gives you a wider input range
    // Matches all inputs specified above...
    (if(Said('give/pig<mirror') or Said('give/pig/mirror'))
       Print("Output C")
    )

As you can see, the first 2 code blocks behave quite differently when the 'the' article is specified, however the 3rd covers all the test cases.