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billyjeff2 Grammatical Anomaly 12-21-2009, 03:45 PM
Scipio Isn't it true that...should... 12-21-2009, 03:58 PM
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  1. 12-21-2009, 03:45 PM #1
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    Default Grammatical Anomaly

    If you pose a question to someone in the following manner:" Isn't it true that...?", most people would respond "yes" if they believed the questioner was posing a true statement. For example, "Isn't it true today is Monday?" would be answered "yes" if today was in fact Monday.
    But if the question was phrased as: "Is it true today is Monday?, the answer would also be "yes".
    So how is it that "is it not true?" and "is it true?" invite the same answer?

    Isn't this weird...?
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