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    #41
    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    I didn't know the Spanish did that. Your point raises a 'question mark' over whether multiple choice papers should contain multiple choice statements or multiple choice questions though

    Yeah, natural languages is bollocks, it's what makes them rich, carp, powerful, weak, and ambiguous. Humans especially love the ambiguity, or jokes as we sometimes call it. That wasn't one incidentally, because you aren't laughing Ambiguity is also lacking in multiple questions/statements requiring (True/False) answers, hence why they are not funny. So why isn't sasGurus question funny? (It has a 'insufficient Data' option). Maybe because a joke is funnier presented as a statement rather than a question
    But surely a multiple choice question would be presented in the following manner(or some derivative there of...) :
    Code:
    Which of the following statements is true?
    
    1. Blah
    2. Blah blah
    3. Blah blah blah

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      #42
      Originally posted by Churchill View Post
      But surely a multiple choice question would be presented in the following manner(or some derivative there of...) :
      Code:
      Which of the following statements is true?
      
      1. Blah
      2. Blah blah
      3. Blah blah blah

      Okay, but is blah a statement or a question? If it's a statament then you are answering a statement in each case?

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        #43
        Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
        Okay, but is blah a statement or a question? If it's a statament then you are answering a statement in each case?
        If you look, the question is at the beginning.

        Code:
        Which of the following statements is true?
        
        1. Blah
        2. Blah blah
        3. Blah blah blah

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          #44
          Originally posted by Churchill View Post
          If you look, the question is at the beginning.

          Code:
          Which of the following statements is true?
          
          1. Blah
          2. Blah blah
          3. Blah blah blah
          Surely that was a statement too?

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            #45
            Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
            Surely that was a statement too?
            Yes it was a statement to clarify the question.

            Thanks for the exercise, I'm getting bored now.

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              #46
              Originally posted by Churchill View Post
              Yes it was a statement to clarify the question.

              Thanks for the exercise, I'm getting bored now.
              Actually I'm pretty sure you were saying they were statements all along anyway, and I've forgotten which side I'm on now

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                #47
                Please ignore all preceding posts as the answer is still about 4.86% +/- Blah Blah Blah
                Confusion is a natural state of being

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                  #48
                  Originally posted by Diver View Post
                  Please ignore all preceding posts as the answer is still about 4.86% +/- Blah Blah Blah
                  Show your working!

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                    #49
                    Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                    Show your working!
                    I'm not working!

                    I'm just dossing about on here trying to screw with peoples minds



                    Mindlessness
                    Confusion is a natural state of being

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                      #50
                      Originally posted by Diver View Post
                      I'm not working!

                      I'm just dossing about on here trying to screw with peoples minds



                      Mindlessness
                      A bit more practice and you'll be fine.

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