I picked apple because it was the farthest from a true definition. For the others, I think one could use them in an ‘if-and-only-if’ manner and not be objected to.
Oh, I had assumed that the piece of wire was supposed to be performing some wiry function, since I would describe this case as “some wire” but not as “a wire”.
I picked apple because it was the farthest from a true definition. For the others, I think one could use them in an ‘if-and-only-if’ manner and not be objected to.
I really want to see both of these things now.
A piece of wire shorter than it was wide would just be a very small disk. Imagine cutting a wire into little slices.
Oh, I had assumed that the piece of wire was supposed to be performing some wiry function, since I would describe this case as “some wire” but not as “a wire”.