Verb conjugations for output messages

Is there a way to add to the dictionary of words Inform 7 can adjust based on the tense and person of the story?

It seems like I’ve read this in the documentation before but can’t seem to find the right search keyword to locate it - “new verbs” is about creating actions; I’ve also tried “varying what is read” and “varying what is written”.

What I’m talking about is writing messages such as “[We] [see] [the noun].” so it will adapt based on changing story viewpoint. If I have an odd verb like “research” it doesn’t seem to know and be able to conjugate that.

Example:

After examining something: say "[We] [research] [the noun] but [find] nothing of interest.";

Have you declared it as a verb?

This is chapter 14.3.

To research is a verb.

After examining something:
   say "[We] [research] [the noun] but [find] nothing of interest.";

Link to the chapter zarf is mentioning: dhayton.haverford.edu/wp-content … ex407.html

Of course it’s that simple. [To verb] is a verb.

Thank you all! “Adaptive text” didn’t land in my head for some reason as a search term.

I am the best at overcomplicating things.

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