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diff --git a/battlestar/extern.h b/battlestar/extern.h
index e03cdd39..0982ec16 100644
--- a/battlestar/extern.h
+++ b/battlestar/extern.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: extern.h,v 1.25 2000/09/24 14:11:09 jsm Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: extern.h,v 1.26 2000/09/25 14:08:08 jsm Exp $ */
/*
* Copyright (c) 1983, 1993
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@
/* Flags for objects. */
#define OBJ_PLURAL 1
+#define OBJ_AN 2
struct room {
const char *name;
@@ -256,6 +257,14 @@ extern const int objwt[NUMOFOBJECTS];
extern const int objcumber[NUMOFOBJECTS];
extern const int objflags[NUMOFOBJECTS];
#define is_plural_object(n) (objflags[(n)] & OBJ_PLURAL)
+/*
+ * These macros yield words to use with objects (followed but not preceded
+ * by spaces, or with no spaces if the expansion is the empty string).
+ */
+#define A_OR_AN(n) (objflags[(n)] & OBJ_AN ? "an " : "a ")
+#define A_OR_AN_OR_THE(n) (is_plural_object((n)) ? "the " : A_OR_AN((n)))
+#define A_OR_AN_OR_BLANK(n) (is_plural_object((n)) ? "" : A_OR_AN((n)))
+#define IS_OR_ARE(n) (is_plural_object((n)) ? "are " : "is ")
/* current input line */
#define WORDLEN 15