Submitted by Ok-Acanthisitta-6997 t3_11c1ij0 in Showerthoughts
notacanuckskibum t1_ja4s27d wrote
Reply to comment by Chaosfox_Firemaker in It's impossible to have more descendants than your ancestors. by Ok-Acanthisitta-6997
Yes. But that doesn’t make them your ancestors
Chaosfox_Firemaker t1_ja4vjsd wrote
??? Which is not what the shower thought is about . I suppose the sentence can be a little ambiguous.
It is impossible to have more descendents than your ancestors (have).
Rephrased, your ancestors always have more descendents than you do.
It's not "it is impossible to have more descendents than you (have) ancestors"
notacanuckskibum t1_ja6wppn wrote
Ah, i get it now. I misread it.
Secret_Dragonfly9588 t1_ja7ssfr wrote
I misread it in the same way. Was very confused by the comments.
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