This pharse has three misstakes. How many mistakes does this phrase have?

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The discussion centers around the phrase "This pharse has three misstakes" and the number of mistakes it contains. Participants analyze the phrase from various angles, identifying at least four mistakes: two spelling errors ("pharse" and "misstakes"), a formatting issue (use of bold and large text), and a misclassification of the post's forum category. Some argue that the phrase's claim of having three mistakes is itself erroneous, suggesting it has more. Others engage in a philosophical debate about the nature of mistakes and the intention behind the phrase, with some concluding that it could have no mistakes if viewed from a different perspective. The conversation highlights the complexity of language and interpretation, as well as the playful nature of brainteasers.
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"This pharse has three misstakes." How many mistakes does this phrase have?

"This pharse has three misstakes."

How many mistakes does this phrase really have?
 
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Define mistake.

If grammatical, two.
If philosophical, one.
Combined, three.
 


Oh my, it displays many mistakes ! To begin with, it is written (1) too large and (2) in bold, so that I read it in a shouting tone, which is really inappropriate. Next, (3) it uses "quotes" although the common usage on PF is to use tags
as so
Any other scheme is a grave mistake of taste around here. Further, (4) it is posted in GD although it is a brainteaser; at most in philosophy section, but not in GD. Finally, it states to have (3) mistakes, although it has at least (4) as we just saw, therefore more than (4).
 


It is not written in Norwegian.
 


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No one mentioned spelling?
 


Evo said:
No one mentioned spelling?
I did not mention it because the OP attempted to trick us into a catch 22, "This sentence is a lie" logical contradiction. Outside the box thinking being necessary, I decided to fire back with emphasis on what was not inside the box :smile:
 


humanino said:
I did not mention it because the OP attempted to trick us into a catch 22, "This sentence is a lie" logical contradiction. Outside the box thinking being necessary, I decided to fire back with emphasis on what was not inside the box :smile:
I loved your answers BTW!

I thought about the option of the second sentence, but decided to ignore it, it's how questions in school were usually asked.
 


I'm sorry for my bad netiquette. :(
 
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humanino said:
Further, (4) it is posted in GD although it is a brainteaser; at most in philosophy section, but not in GD.

This is wrong! It's in the brainteaser forum, not GD!

Sheesh! Some people!
 
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BobG said:
This is wrong! It's in the brainteaser forum, not GD!

Sheesh! Some people!
That's Evo's witchery I believe.
 
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I would think 2 spelling errors and 1 mathematical
 
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J MAZURE said:
I would think 2 spelling errors and 1 mathematical
Then you run into self-contradiction : if it has a mathematical error (it says 3 although it's only 2), then it does not have mathematical error (now it really has three), and vice-versa...
 
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kaleidoscope said:
How many mistakes does this phrase really have?
None.
 
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Jimmy Snyder said:
None.
I remember long ago when I posted some teasers here. Already then, Jimmy Snyder never had any difficulty finding the solution I knew (the obvious one), and would therefore most often come up with a better one. Nicely played sir.
 
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I'd agree and I'm no English Major but since the first sentence is in quotation marks the word "this" in the second sentence could mean previous--no?
 
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Zero.
 
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This farce has had more than three miss-takes surely, at least four of them from me...but...

Q: how many mistakes does this phrase really have?

A: None.
 
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