Guest Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 "This santence containes four mistaeks." How many mistakes are there in the sentence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 three Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 4 ??? three typos and the fact there are not four???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Izzy Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 4 ??? three typos and the fact there are not four???? but then doesn't that make it four mistakes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 but then doesn't that make it four mistakes? right of couse. should have realized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 1. The second letter in "sentence" is "e", not "a". 2. There is no letter "e" in the word "contains". 3. The sixth letter in the word "mistakes" is "k", not "e". 4. The seventh letter in the word "mistakes' is "e", not "k". 5. The sentence claims there are four mistakes, but there are five. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 "This santence containes four mistaeks." How many mistakes are there in the sentence? The quotation contains three, the sentence contains none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Dunno follow the sentence or that question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 right of couse. should have realized. It's a paradox, says so in the title of the puzzle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 (edited) 1. The second letter in "sentence" is "e", not "a". 2. There is no letter "e" in the word "contains". 3. The sixth letter in the word "mistakes" is "k", not "e". 4. The seventh letter in the word "mistakes' is "e", not "k". 5. The sentence claims there are four mistakes, but there are five. 1 and 2 are right. 3 and 4 count as one mistake as the letters "e" and "k" are simply switched over. That's three typos. But... can the word "four" really be counted as a mistake? Edited May 14, 2009 by wiseowl88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 In terms of the the original intent, it is a paradox -- i.e., there is no correct answer. However, interpreted a little more literally, there are three mistakes in that sentence: (1) "santence" should be spelled "sentence" (2) "containes" should be spelled "contains" (3) Under the previous two assumptions, the sentence now reads "This sentence contains four mistaeks." However, clearly there is only one instance of the word "mistaek" in this sentence, not four. In other words, since it is up to the reader to correct the mistakes in the sentence, the spelling of "mistaek" doesn't have to be presumed to be a typo. Other interpretations are equally valid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 "This santence containes four mistaeks." How many mistakes are there in the sentence? I was thinking: If we assume that "mistaeks' is a "mistake," then doesn't that make it true that there are four mistakes, since (you know how people are always messing with puzzles), technically if Mistaeks is a mistake, then it's assumed that it's supposed to be mistake, so the word "mistake" itself, also counts as "a mistake." Does that make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 I was thinking: If we assume that "mistaeks' is a "mistake," then doesn't that make it true that there are four mistakes, since (you know how people are always messing with puzzles), technically if Mistaeks is a mistake, then it's assumed that it's supposed to be mistake, so the word "mistake" itself, also counts as "a mistake." Does that make sense? yeah that makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 four because it says it contains 4 when really it contains threethree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Question
Guest
"This santence containes four mistaeks." How many mistakes are there in the sentence?
Link to comment
Share on other sites
13 answers to this question
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.