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« Reply #15 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 08:14:08 » |
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Id call that 2 i think. And yet if you cut an apple in half would you say that you had 2 apples? |
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« Reply #16 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 12:58:02 » |
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You dont make an apple.
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« Reply #17 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 13:12:30 » |
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I'm with Yeovil it's 2.... If you cut it into quarters like me, then you have 4 sandwiches....   |
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« Reply #18 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 13:14:11 » |
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You're all mad!
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« Reply #19 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 13:16:38 » |
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I'm with Yeovil it's 2.... If you cut it into quarters like me, then you have 4 sandwiches.... yes this is correct |
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« Reply #20 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 13:27:37 » |
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I'm with Yeovil it's 2.... If you cut it into quarters like me, then you have 4 sandwiches.... but you said "if you cut IT into quarters..." 'IT' suggests that IT is a single item, thus, one sandwich. Now that confuses me because I would say that each slice of bread constitutes a sandwich in and of itself. |
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« Reply #21 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 13:32:43 » |
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I'm with Yeovil it's 2.... If you cut it into quarters like me, then you have 4 sandwiches.... but you said "if you cut IT into quarters..." 'IT' suggests that IT is a single item, thus, one sandwich. Now that confuses me because I would say that each slice of bread constitutes a sandwich in and of itself. Ahh but "it" is the sandwich as a whole before any cutting has been instigated. |
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« Reply #22 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 13:33:48 » |
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It starts off as one sandwich then after you have cut it into 2 sandwiches it is 2 sandwiches. There are clearly two sandwiches on that plate.
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« Reply #23 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 13:35:05 » |
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So if we cut you into four we would have 4 Walruses?
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« Reply #24 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 13:37:48 » |
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I'm with Yeovil it's 2.... If you cut it into quarters like me, then you have 4 sandwiches.... but you said "if you cut IT into quarters..." 'IT' suggests that IT is a single item, thus, one sandwich. Now that confuses me because I would say that each slice of bread constitutes a sandwich in and of itself. Ahh but "it" is the sandwich as a whole before any cutting has been instigated. hence, you are cutting one sandwich ('it') into four portions, not four sandwiches. |
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« Reply #25 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 13:38:44 » |
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People generally call 2 rectangular sandwiches on a plate "sandwiches" as opposed to "sandwich" which inplies there would only be one object
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« Reply #26 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 13:41:23 » |
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People generally call 2 rectangular sandwiches on a plate "sandwiches" as opposed to "sandwich" which inplies there would only be one object No, in my experience most people say a 'sandwich' ergo a singular object of sustanance! |
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« Reply #27 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 13:44:08 » |
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People generally call 2 rectangular sandwiches on a plate "sandwiches" as opposed to "sandwich" which inplies there would only be one object No, in my experience most people say a 'sandwich' ergo a singular object of sustanance! Well you must know some odd people then.No one I know would say look at that sandwich they would say look at those sandwiches. |
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« Reply #28 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 14:02:32 » |
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Supermarkets sell them in packs of 2 or 3 ... not 1 or 1 1/2. Q.E.D.  Cogito ergo sum. |
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« Reply #29 on: Monday, May 1, 2006, 14:06:16 » |
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