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A Young Traveler
A young traveler once traveled to every country in the world. He also said that he had never never been to India, yet he claims to have a recording of when he went. How can this be?
Answer
He had NEVER NEVER been to India, which means that he had been to India(double negative).
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At 1st i thought that was a typo... now i know why it's in the trick question
You didn't REALLY think you could slip that one past us, Did you now?
i didnt not notice it at first. lol
I was confused at first
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Went right through to the keeper!
Well, it's good, but it's quite obvious it means never never. Because if it were to mean never ever it would have commas between the never like this: He said he never, never, went to India.
Would his statement still be wrong? If he had never never beend to India, that would mean that at no time in his life had he not been to India. For that to be true he would have had to be born in India.
Ok. The MAIN IDEA of the teaser is a double negative. When two negatives are in one sentence, they cancel each other out. Y'all are makin' too much out of it. Geniuses.
I didn't even notice that there was a second "never." good teaser for people who don't pay enough attention-like me.
Good one Sp0. I never never got it!
dude, that was pretty funny.
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i didnt even notice the never never, i just read it as never! wow i must be blonder than i first thought...
i think i read too fast
Isn't 'Traveler' spelt 'Traveller'?
I didn't think that engish had double negatives. Oh well. Whatever works. Great teaser.
This is a trick on the eyes! Mine didn't register the double "never." Nice job!
Read it too fast. Great teaser!
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