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Re:Is zero an even number? by PuercoPop on Sunday December 02, 2012 @03:42PM (#4862419)
Why the downvoting? I was just pointing that the OC makes a non argument. If one wants to prevent ambiguity of the text, and one thinks that the evenness of is not clear for the intended audience, one adds a appositive parenthesis reinforcing that fact.
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Re:Is zero an even number? by hmrmaxwell on Sunday December 02, 2012 @04:00PM (#4862483)
It looks like you meant "'an even number, which includes zero' for that effect", but on first reading, it appeared to me (and perhaps your downvoters), that you meant "'an even number', which includes zero for that effect", which would be a significantly less productive comment.
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