Tenuously fixed some language usage

game.py

@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ import time as t
 import time
 import sys
 
+def add_article(articleless):
+    '''
+    A primative function for taking a string without an article at the start and adding an indefinite article
+    '''
+
+    if articleless[:1] in ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']:
+        return "an " + articleless
+    else:
+        return "a " + articleless 
+
 def slow_print(s):
     for letter in s:
         sys.stdout.write(letter)
@@ -37,8 +47,10 @@ def display_inventory():
         if len(player.inventory) > 0:
             print("You have ", end = "")
             for x in range(len(player.inventory)-1):
-                print(player.inventory[x].name, end = ", ")
-            print(player.inventory[len(player.inventory)-1].name, end = ".")
+                final_name = add_article(player.inventory[x].name)
+                print(final_name, end = ", ")
+
+            print(add_article(player.inventory[len(player.inventory)-1].name), end = ".")
             print("\n")
 
         print("The commands you can use are:")
@@ -369,16 +381,20 @@ def print_room_items(room):
     if len(room.items) > 0:
         print("There is ", end = "")
         for x in range(len(room.items)-1):
-            print(room.items[x].name, end = ", ")
-        print(room.items[len(room.items)-1].name, end = " ")
+            final_name = add_article(room.items[x].name)
+            print(final_name, end = ", ")
+
+        print(add_article(room.items[len(room.items)-1].name), end = " ")
         print("here.\n")
 
 def print_inventory_items(items):
     if len(items) > 0:
         print("You have ", end = "")
         for x in range(len(items)-1):
-            print(items[x].name, end = ", ")
-        print(items[len(items)-1].name, end = ".")
+            final_name = add_article(items[x].name)
+            print(final_name, end = ", ")
+
+        print(add_article(items[len(items)-1].name), end = ".")
         print("\n")
 
 def print_room(room):
@@ -403,7 +419,9 @@ def print_menu(exits, room_items, inv_items):
 
     for item in room_items:
         if item.can_pickup is True:
-            print("TAKE", item.id.upper(), "to take a(n)", item.name + ".")
+            final_name = add_article(item.name)
+
+            print("TAKE", item.id.upper(), "to take", final_name + ".")
         elif item.on_interaction is not None:
             # In this case, it's an item we must interact with in the game space as it cannot be picked up
             print(f"INTERACT {item.id.upper()} {item.on_interaction_description}.")