from Universe
*
“Please don’t scream, sir,”
he said, “when I cut your hair.
You have to be quiet!”
*
Refuse to speak of the world as round
because—
in spite of the good evidence of roundness—
a feeling
of confidence
has not been produced.
*
“Shut the door.”
*
“I want you to shut the door.”
*
If I say “Shut the door”
and you say
(to the same person)
“do not shut the door”
we are not contradicting one another;
and this is odd.
*
“You are not going to shut the door.”
*
“I believe that you are going to shut the door.”
*
“You are going to shut the door.”
*
“The Health Service has done a lot of good.”
*
“I want you to the shut the door.”
*
Everyone knows
that the Health Service has averted a lot of pain, anxiety,
&c.
*
“Shut the door.”
*
The minister of Local Government expresses approval
of my town plan
by getting his underlings to write
to me saying
“The Minister approves of your plan.”
*
“You are going to shut the door.”
*
“The minister thinks your plan is the best one.”
*
“I believe that you are going to shut the door.”
*
“The minister thinks your plan is the best one.”
*
“I believe that you are going to shut the door.”
*
I hire
a private detective
(wronging him).
*
“Shut the door.”
*
The private detective observes
the Minister
for signs of emotion.
*
“I want you to shut the door.”
*
Either you are going to shut the door,
or something bad will happen to you.
*
“Shut the door,”
or you burn.
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