Trick Question
I put a Trick Question on my MSN
"which is correct: Five and Seven IS thirteen or Five and Seven ARE Thirteen?"
and two people took the bait, both very smart men
1)
Erick says:
wrote your 5 + 7 statement I believe it works something like this:
(5) + (7) are 13
( 5 + 7 ) is 13
Erick says:
so when adding two numbers together, two numbers ARE something. But when considering the answer of the two numbers together, the answer IS something
Erick says:
two numbers ARE, one number IS. Both are correct, but the meaning of the sentence changes depending on which one you use
Erick says:
…I think with the meaning you want, Five and Seven ARE Thirteen
Erick says:
haha… wow. I totally missed that at first. The answer of Five and Seven is Twelve!
Erick says:
…so it was a trick question! Neither answer was right!
and
Ben says:
Five and Seven are Twelve!
Right on boys, let's see who else gets this.
"which is correct: Five and Seven IS thirteen or Five and Seven ARE Thirteen?"
and two people took the bait, both very smart men
1)
Erick says:
wrote your 5 + 7 statement I believe it works something like this:
(5) + (7) are 13
( 5 + 7 ) is 13
Erick says:
so when adding two numbers together, two numbers ARE something. But when considering the answer of the two numbers together, the answer IS something
Erick says:
two numbers ARE, one number IS. Both are correct, but the meaning of the sentence changes depending on which one you use
Erick says:
…I think with the meaning you want, Five and Seven ARE Thirteen
Erick says:
haha… wow. I totally missed that at first. The answer of Five and Seven is Twelve!
Erick says:
…so it was a trick question! Neither answer was right!
and
Ben says:
Five and Seven are Twelve!
Right on boys, let's see who else gets this.