If it ain't broke; Don't call us; High concept; Big Chicken
Bob Fitzke
fitzke at VOYAGER.NET
Mon Oct 11 23:55:22 UTC 1999
> A doctor states that "there have been more changes in the past ten
> years than there have been in the past hundred."
> My bet is that there have been more medical changes in the past hundred
> years than in the past ten years, because we're talking about NINETY MORE
> YEARS.
>
There's a term for that kind of statement. It's self-contradictory. He probably meant to
say "...than in the 100 years before the past ten years. Otherwise the "big 10" is
included in the 100. The part would not be bigger than the whole.
Bob
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