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Is a single molecule of water wet?
Exactly. Water in the plural sense is wet.
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Is a single molecule of water wet?
Yes, it consists of water, by definition it is wet.Is a single molecule of water wet?
pfftInterestingly, an H2O molecule was isolated for the first time in 2011 https://www.nature.com/articles/am2011196
So if a single molecule of water is not wet, but other water is wet because even a drop of water has millions of H2O molecules (water covered by water), then all water is wet except this one molecule that was isolated in 2011.
I think it's safe to say "water is wet"
I used to feel very strongly about this one, and it still bugs me a bit, but..."I could care less" is maddening.
Evidence for the use of “could care less” goes back to 1955, with “couldn’t care less” appearing only about 10 years before that. But long before that the phrase “No one could care less than I” was in use. Think about how you might respond to such a phrase in a certain type of conversation. “I’ve never been so insulted in my life! How dare they imply such a thing! No one could care less for the trappings of fame than I!”“I could, darling. I could care less.”The rest of the comparison, “than you,” is left understood. Perhaps “I could care less” also carries a shadow of the original phrase and a hidden comparison. “I could care less … than anyone.”
Interestingly, an H2O molecule was isolated for the first time in 2011 https://www.nature.com/articles/am2011196
So if a single molecule of water is not wet, but other water is wet because even a drop of water has millions of H2O molecules (water covered by water), then all water is wet except this one molecule that was isolated in 2011.
I think it's safe to say "water is wet"
Two I like to use:
- The horse is out of the barn
- Two times nothing is still nothing
That is good stuff. Very insightful and surprising. Agreed on the "it is what it is." It might as well be the same as sending up a white flag to admit to defeat. Sometimes it is used when discussing my parents; as in, "There is just no way to stop them from hoarding. It is what it is."I used to feel very strongly about this one, and it still bugs me a bit, but...
http://mentalfloss.com/article/55388/4-good-reasons-why-people-say-i-could-care-less
I used to feel very strongly about this one, and it still bugs me a bit, but...
http://mentalfloss.com/article/55388/4-good-reasons-why-people-say-i-could-care-less
Exactly. Water in the plural sense is wet.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wetNot as an absolute. H2O is water. H2O is not wet.
But then context is a factor.
If what you are trying to convey is that you don't care, "I could care less" is the wrong thing to say.