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Re: Clement Freud on his grandfather

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Robert TorresJan 8, 2008

but I think the point would be that Derek seemed to be making the statement that Clement only had one grandfather, at least that's what I feel that Clement was objecting to.

it gets very technical and semantic and pedantic to be honest. I mean if you're saying that there are five chairs in a room of thirty chairs, how can you get across that you are not saying that there are only five chairs in a room of thirty chairs?

I mean if you were to state that there are five chairs in each row, that would make more sense, at least that's what I feel.

thomaswake16 <thomaswake16@...> wrote:

I agree. Any number greater than one also includes one; if a room
contains thirty chairs, it would also be factually correct to say
that there are five chairs.

--- In just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com, "Alexis Birkill" <yahoo@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com, Robert Torres
> <bobbyshaddoe3004@ > wrote:
> >
> > For instance, when the subject was 'Clement Freud' many years
ago,
> Derek mentioned that Clement had a grandfather, and Clement
challenged
> in saying that he had two grandfathers, not one. and Nicholas
> disallowed the challenge because of some erroneous claim that if
> Clement has two grandfathers then he must have one, which doesn't
make
> sense. if you have two grandfathers, you have two grandfathers,
one
> from each side of the family.
>
> I disagree! If I have two apples I also have one apple - to prove
this
> I can eat one apple and still have one remaining.
>
> Similarly, if you have a pile of 100 bricks, and I ask you if I can
> have one brick, a reply stating that you don't have one brick would
be
> erroneous.
>
> :)
>
> A.
>

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