bonanova Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 THERE ARE TWO ERRORS IN THE THE TITLE OF THIS PUZZLE The paper boy on the corner of 42nd and Broadway in Times Square was hawking his wares: "Extry, Extry, Read all about it: Five men swindled today on the streets of New York!" The businessman was in a hurry, but the possibility of being swindled worried him a bit, so he bought a paper. Quickly he scanned the headlines and major stories on the front page. No mention was made of a swindle. Angrily he returned to the corner where the boy was selling his papers. As he approached, the boy's words could be heard, still loudly and clearly: "Extry, Extry, Read all about it: Six men swindled today on the streets of New York!" Have you found the two errors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bgm1961 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) OK, got it! (I think) Error #1: The repeated "THE". (How did I miss that? Feel like a school kid being tricked by my 7th grade teacher all over again, but I digress) Error #2: The title is simply wrong. There is only one error, not two. Edited April 22, 2013 by bgm1961 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bgm1961 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) There obviously are NOT two errors in the title of the puzzle. So error #1 is that the title is wrong. And since the title is wrong, then error #2 has to be the grammar. It should read, "There is no error in the title of this puzzle". But wait, that would actually make it four errors then... oh boy. Edited April 22, 2013 by bgm1961 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BMAD Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Shouldn't it be "Extra Extra" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted April 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 bgm1961, on the right track, but not exactly. BMAD, exploring the mystery of the spoiler malfunction paradox. Nope, that's not it either. It's the way kids talked back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bhramarraj Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 The one error is title itself, since there is no error at all. Another error is to look for the error even after reading the story of the boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yodell Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 One error is in the first line of the puzzle, the one above the story, written in caps : the word THE is repeated as for the second one : - hmmm: don;t know if the geography of New York is correct ... but from google maps it seems that indeed the 42nd and Broadway meet inTtimes Square... so.. not there :-s ...... *thinking out loud here* : There is no error in the TITLE of the puzzle but in the first line of the puzzle, the one above the story, written in caps .. could this constitute the second error ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BMAD Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Potential errors: There are two "The's" no punctuation? But since the title itself is self referential then the title cannot be the title, so looking at the forum title: Two wrongs might be OK? --maybe it is 1. ok should not be capitalized. 2. The question mark doesn't make sense, since it is a statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BMAD Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 BGM's answer makes sense but I disagree that the title was critiqued OK, got it! (I think) Error #1: The repeated "THE". (How did I miss that? Feel like a school kid being tricked by my 7th grade teacher all over again, but I digress) Error #2: The title is simply wrong. There is only one error, not two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 The title can't be self referential unless the title is the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BMAD Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 if THERE ARE TWO ERRORS IN THE THE TITLE OF THIS PUZZLE is the title then what do we call: "Two wrongs might be OK?" The more i talk on here the more i realize that my english is still not right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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THERE ARE TWO ERRORS IN THE
THE TITLE OF THIS PUZZLE
The paper boy on the corner of 42nd and Broadway in Times Square was hawking his wares:
"Extry, Extry, Read all about it: Five men swindled today on the streets of New York!"
The businessman was in a hurry, but the possibility of being swindled worried him a bit, so he bought a paper.
Quickly he scanned the headlines and major stories on the front page. No mention was made of a swindle.
Angrily he returned to the corner where the boy was selling his papers.
As he approached, the boy's words could be heard, still loudly and clearly:
"Extry, Extry, Read all about it: Six men swindled today on the streets of New York!"
Have you found the two errors?
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