Why is it that some will say "You have a choice, " or "You have two choices," when they mean to say exactly the same thing?You are given an option between two things, and you must choose between the two. But if you are told you have two choices, does it not then mean that there are more than two things to decide upon? If you had a choice, which would you pick as the most correct : "You have a choice" (between this or another, or, "You have two choices" (between this or another)?
In comedian Eddie Izzard's sketch, characters are given a choice between cake or death. Is this one choice or two choices? Is choosing between door number one and door number two one choice, or two? Doesn't the idea of a two item selection mean simply that there is a decision to be made, and the idea is to choose (relative word to choice, singular, right?), one option of the other, for you can not have both.
Thank you, one and all...or if I must decide whom to thank, I thank everyone who answers this...
2007-03-19
09:46:18
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The Mystic One
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