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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Brim over with water

If a cup brims over with water, or filled to the brim, does the water begin to escape the cup, or just reach the top and then stop?
  

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The cup is filled to the brim. = If you add one drop to the cup, then one drop will spill out.

  • The cup is filled to the brim.
  • = If you add one drop to the cup, then one drop will spill out.
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The cup is filled to the brim. = If you add one drop to the cup, then one drop will spill out.
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Hi,

Yes. And if it brims over, water starts to spill out over the brim.

Clive
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When the water spills from the cup, it overflows.

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