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24 Post author: Petruchio 04 January 2013 03:18PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 05 January 2013 07:48:59PM *  2 points [-]

More like this: Q what is a bee? A A bee is a bee. And there is stops because questions about groups or kinds of things (1) are lacking in background knowledge (2) are viewed as another dumb English thing - English has too many words for some things and not enough for others.

So I try this: Q Is a bee a food? A no Q is a bee a place? A no Q what is a bee? A a bee is a bug.

Logical structures that are factually false as you describe can be helpful too.