Find the error

[Ayez beera]

I just got this stupid email today, cannot work it out.

To be honest I can't even think why I am still trying to work it out. Maybe I am stupid.

Oh well, the PH massive is here to help... I hope.



Find the error, its impossible

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Did you know that 80% of UCDS students could not find the error above?

[mat205125]

No full stop after "impossible"

[weeredmetro]

Is the error the missing apostrophe in "its"?

[cv01jw]

Ayez beera said:

I just got this stupid email today, cannot work it out.

To be honest I can't even think why I am still trying to work it out. Maybe I am stupid.

Oh well, the PH massive is here to help... I hope.



Find the error, its impossible

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Did you know that 80% of UCDS students could not find the error above?

There is no apostrophe in its?

[funkyrobot]

mat205125 said:

No full stop after "impossible"

'its' should be 'it's'?

Bah beaten to it!

Could be one of them distraction style problems where you are looking at the numbers but don't really check anything else around them.

Edited by funkyrobot on Tuesday 13th July 11:32

[sneijder]

Yes, it's grammeritkurly incorrect.

[cal72]

The errors are grammatical. The email came to me as follows:
"Find the error, its impossible
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20"

Error 1: "Find the error" is a sentence and should end with a period.
Error 2: "its" is possessive but should be a contraction of "it is:" therefore, it should have an apostrophe.
Error 3: "Since "it's impossible" is a sentence, "it's" should have the i capitalized.
Error 4: "Since "It's impossible" is a sentence, it should have punctuation at its end. Suggestions are a period or colon.

At least two more errors as 1) It's not impossible. 2) Since there are at least 3 and if including the two you included then 5, error is not singular but plural and should be "errors".

I think what may also be in error is the reference to UCDS-a children's learning centre. What
was probably being referred to is UCSD (San Diego). Maybe perhaps?

Also, it is an error for someone to send you a chain letter like this one. It should have been deleted.

[funkyrobot]

How can it be impossible if 20% of students found the error? Also, when it says find the error, does it mean the actual word 'error'?

Edited by funkyrobot on Tuesday 13th July 11:36

[Ayez beera]

Thank you very much!

A very simple puzzle for speeling and punkturation PH'ers!!

Thanks again.

[DrTre]

Since there is an error (no apostrophe), the statement is incorrect. Therefore the whole exercise is futile and disappears up its own arse.

[Arese]

What a bag of wk.

[M400 NBL]

That was never going to take long to solve on PH's.

Possibly, the numbers should have a comma between them too.

[Dr_Gonzo]

DrTre said:

Since there is an error (no apostrophe), the statement is incorrect. Therefore the whole exercise is futile and disappears up its own arse.

Exactly. If 20% of the students found the error then it can't be impossible

[stuttgartmetal]

no chance of getting those 3 minutes back
boring wkers

[DrTre]

cal72 said:

Error 1: "Find the error" is a sentence and should end with a period.
Error 3: "Since "it's impossible" is a sentence, "it's" should have the i capitalized.
Error 4: "Since "It's impossible" is a sentence, it should have punctuation at its end. Suggestions are a period or colon.

I'd dispute "Error 1" (although a semicolon might be technically more correct), so "error" 3 is moot.

[cal72]

DrTre said:

cal72 said:

Error 1: "Find the error" is a sentence and should end with a period.
Error 3: "Since "it's impossible" is a sentence, "it's" should have the i capitalized.
Error 4: "Since "It's impossible" is a sentence, it should have punctuation at its end. Suggestions are a period or colon.

I'd dispute "Error 1" (although a semicolon might be technically more correct), so "error" 3 is moot.

I don't.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Find_the_error_its_impos...

[DrTre]

I still do

[cal72]

DrTre said:

I still do

You win.;)

[andyjo1982]

Why am i still reading this thread and why are you still scrolling down this far?

[cal72]

2 Pages of utter ste.