Alicorn comments on Guess Again - Less Wrong

15 Post author: Alicorn 09 August 2009 07:11PM

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Comment author: tel 20 December 2009 11:12:51PM 0 points [-]

Picometer nitpick, for accuracy:

你有鼻子, as phrased, is not a question and thus ironically even more bewildering, not that someone who couldn't understand the utterance would be able to determine that. To phrase it as a question you need a different form; one of

你有鼻子吗? 你有没有鼻子? or 你有鼻子,对不对?

would work. The first is a simple question. The second leaves a bit more credence to the possibility you don't have a nose. The third probably is trying to imply that if you don't agree then you're foolish.

Comment author: Alicorn 20 December 2009 11:59:26PM 0 points [-]

It's supposed to be a statement, not a question - have a look a the two in English.

Comment author: tel 21 December 2009 06:13:48AM 0 points [-]

Egad, true. I jumped on seeing the juxtaposed question mark and then messed the English grammar.