Re: BrainBashers: June 2007 Common Answers

On 31 May 2007 04:32:51 +0300, Phil Carmody
<thefatphil_demunged@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Topi Linkala <nes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>> Once more: the question is:
>> 
>> 9. Name either ENCYCLOPEDIA or BOOK.
>> 
>> And I named a book
>
>You seem familiar enough with articles to have inserted one
>in the right place in your sentence. Why do you presume that
>Kevin is so unfamiliar with them that he left it out in his
>question?
>
>Phil


Maybe he feels that, in some way, there are only two encyclopedias in
the world, and only two books.  When he was told that he was to name
either encyclopedia, or either book, he chose to name one of the two
books.  :-)