Obviously the following statement is 'False':
"This sentence contains Seven words".

So we correct the sentence by changing it to:
This sentence does not contain Seven words".

We know that the First statement is False and so now can we conclude that the Second statement is True ?

Hmmmm looks like another one for the grammar bods. Is the following two sentences or one?

So we correct the sentence by changing it to: "This sentence does not contain Seven words".

It starts with a capital letter and there is only one full stop (period), therefore one could take this to be a single sentence which includes the clause "...this sentence does not contain seven words." in which case it is true.

However, the colon followed by the opening speech marks could imply that "This sentence does not contain seven letters" is a (false) sentence in its own right.

This sentence does not contain 7 words.

Posted by fwaff on 2003-05-07 04:13:53