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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.

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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?

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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.

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"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?

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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

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