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Renegade:
I can see one of the the errors straight away.
-timns (March 03, 2011, 05:59 PM)
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That right there is a clue to the other error.
-mwb1100 (March 03, 2011, 06:06 PM)
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And interestingly enough, your hint is somewhat misleading, which is another hint in itself. :D

timns:
D'oh! Of course, it's a grammatical trick:

It should be "There IS Two Errors"

timns:
OMG I think I know... who is this sadist?  :o

Renegade:
D'oh! Of course, it's a grammatical trick:

It should be "There IS Two Errors"
-timns (March 03, 2011, 06:10 PM)
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Hahahah~! Nope. Verb-number agreement demands that it be "are".

Renegade:
OMG I think I know... who is this sadist?  :o
-timns (March 03, 2011, 06:17 PM)
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AnswerThe second "the" is the first error.

But there is no second error, so the title is wrong. But if the title is correct, then it isn't an error, and the only error is the first error, which means there is only 1 error, which makes the title wrong because it states that there are 2 errors when there is only 1.

So, is there 1 error or are there 2 errors?

This nicely shows how some statements do not have truth values.

e.g. Green ideas sleep furiously.

There is no truth value for that. It's simply nonsense.

(Ok, there's more to the debate than that, but whatever -- it's a good enough answer.)

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