chasm1995 wrote:
I was thinking just the alfabet as the words being used.
That's not the question that was posed due to there not being any quotation marks around "the alfabet".
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In that case, my interpretation is different than yours and we should agree that we disagree with the interpretation and go on our separate ways.
ALISHA_A wrote:
If a man takes 18 hours to reach Norway from India on his car. He departs for it on sunday and after staying there 4 10 hours only he decides to return back.
He returned back home on Sunday.. How??
Is his home in Norway?
ALISHA_A wrote:
If a man takes 18 hours to reach Norway from India on his car. He departs for it on sunday and after staying there 4 10 hours only he decides to return back.
He returned back home on Sunday.. How??
how much time stays there? I'm not sure
It seems to be a common misconception that words can mean whatever you want. They obviously don't, because we are communicating successfully.
There are laws ruling how to interpret text, that's why we can understand eachother. In this case, those laws state that, due to the lack of quotation marks, the question wasn't asking about the words "the alfabet", but instead the "alfabet" as a noun and "the" to tell that it's a specific alfabet.
It also doesn't specify where he began his journey. He could have been in Sweden.
He's also on the car instead of in it. Strange chap.
LudRa95 wrote:
It seems to be a common misconception that words can mean whatever you want. They obviously don't, because we are communicating successfully.
There are laws ruling how to interpret text, that's why we can understand eachother. In this case, those laws state that, due to the lack of quotation marks, the question wasn't asking about the words "the alfabet", but instead the "alfabet" as a noun and "the" to tell that it's a specific alfabet.
And this is where our disagreement lies. I say we just let it be. I'll interpret it how I want to, and so will you. I am too stubborn to change my opinion, and you yours, ergo it is pointless for us to argue over it.
chasm1995 wrote:
LudRa95 wrote:
It seems to be a common misconception that words can mean whatever you want. They obviously don't, because we are communicating successfully.
There are laws ruling how to interpret text, that's why we can understand eachother. In this case, those laws state that, due to the lack of quotation marks, the question wasn't asking about the words "the alfabet", but instead the "alfabet" as a noun and "the" to tell that it's a specific alfabet.
And this is where our disagreement lies. I say we just let it be. I'll interpret it how I want to, and so will you. I am too stubborn to change my opinion, and you yours, ergo it is pointless for us to argue over it.
This is the point I was trying to make. You don't know the difference between an opinion an a fact. I blame todays education, forcing people to have opinions and neglecting facts.
ALISHA_A wrote:
If a man takes 18 hours to reach Norway from India on his car. He departs for it on sunday and after staying there 4 10 hours only he decides to return back.
He returned back home on Sunday.. How??
ok, one is written in capital letters and the other one not... the answer was already given in first page
LudRa95 wrote:
chasm1995 wrote:
LudRa95 wrote:
It seems to be a common misconception that words can mean whatever you want. They obviously don't, because we are communicating successfully.
There are laws ruling how to interpret text, that's why we can understand eachother. In this case, those laws state that, due to the lack of quotation marks, the question wasn't asking about the words "the alfabet", but instead the "alfabet" as a noun and "the" to tell that it's a specific alfabet.
And this is where our disagreement lies. I say we just let it be. I'll interpret it how I want to, and so will you. I am too stubborn to change my opinion, and you yours, ergo it is pointless for us to argue over it.
This is the point I was trying to make. You don't know the difference between an opinion an a fact. I blame todays education, forcing people to have opinions and neglecting facts.
Blame the parents for not caring enough about their children's education. Ask any teacher. It is my opinion that how I interpreted is correct, and you yours, so we should stop arguing.
I'm going to make a guess and state that you are one of the following:
*religious
*politician (possibly an amateur)
Neither, just a very stubborn teenager.
That makes sense. Your English- and sociology teachers are going on and on about opinions, right? Those problem formulations can be downright scary sometimes.
The politicians even got to mathematics in Sweden. I've looked at some college mathematics books used here and they want you to be able to assume things not mentioned in the problem. That's enough to terrify any serious mathematician.
LudRa95 wrote:
It seems to be a common misconception that words can mean whatever you want. They obviously don't, because we are communicating successfully.
There are laws ruling how to interpret text, that's why we can understand eachother. In this case, those laws state that, due to the lack of quotation marks, the question wasn't asking about the words "the alfabet", but instead the "alfabet" as a noun and "the" to tell that it's a specific alfabet.
There are conventions, not laws, and they are extremely malleable. We're actually pretty good at sussing out the meaning of ambiguous or loosely representative statements (such as metaphors). That's how language can be so rich, yet still useful as a means of communication.
I didn't know that my riddle about language was that ambiguous. The least I can do is telling you the way I wanted it to be understood: the way LudRa95 interprets it. If I wanted to refer only to the letters 'alfabet', then would I have put quotation marks around them, just like I did in this sentence.
LoekBergman wrote:
Gil-Gandel wrote:
How do you say "horses" in Dutch?
1. if I would translate it: paarden,
Ah, once again the language and cultural barriers prove the enemy of wit and humour. The conversation was meant to go:
"How do you say 'horses' in Dutch?"
"Paarden"
"How do you say 'horses' in Dutch?"
lol, Gil-Gandel, but I am not that naive anymore. :-)
It is in a thread of riddles you know?
How long is a Chinese?
by his car
it doesnt matter how long he stayed there ,its got nothing to do with how long it took him to get there
he travelled ,it took him 18 hrs to get there
he stayed there for 4 hrs.
he returned home,
all seperate actions
the assumption is he returns by his car
why would he leave it behind
Why assume he traveled in either direction by car? The problem doesn't state this. It gives some information about travel times by car, but when it goes on to state that he departs it doesn't specify a means of transportation at all.