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From: bwk@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Barry W. Kort)
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: Reducible and irreducible sentences.
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Date: 6 Apr 88 12:35:23 GMT
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Summary: I am reduced to a quivering mass of confusion.

I am enjoying Richard Harter's tour of reducible/irreducible sentences.
Richard writes:

	If you want something to chew on, consider the following:

	"All sentences are either reducible or irreducible."

Richard, my jaw already hurts too much to subject it to further
pain.  But I am curious:  Is your above sentence reducible or irreducible?
Why or why not?  Does the answer depend on whether I have asked the
question?

--Barry Kort