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Osee Posted 18 years ago
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the wine that in fact cost ninety dollars a bottle was presented half the time as a ten dollar wine
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But in truth there were only three different wines, and two of them were presented twice, at a high price and a low price.
For example, the wine that in fact cost ninety dollars a bottle was presented half the time as a ten dollar wine.
I understand the red part implies that $90 wine was presented one time, and $10 twice. Is this right?
If yes, The last sentence comes a little wired or reads indirectly by my point of view.
Because the sentence preceding it says "two of them were presented twice,"
following this logic, I would expect the last sentence reads something like this: For example, the wine that in fact cost $10 a bottle was presented twice.
May I have any comments about this? Thank you.
But in truth there were only three different wines, and two of them were presented twice, at a high price and a low price.
For example, the wine that in fact cost ninety dollars a bottle was presented half the time as a ten dollar wine.
I understand the red part implies that $90 wine was presented one time, and $10 twice. Is this right?
If yes, The last sentence comes a little wired or reads indirectly by my point of view.
Because the sentence preceding it says "two of them were presented twice,"
following this logic, I would expect the last sentence reads something like this: For example, the wine that in fact cost $10 a bottle was presented twice.
May I have any comments about this? Thank you.
Top answer
Not quite There were five wines. One was given to the tasters once and at its real price. The other two wines were each given twice; once at the real price and once at an invented price.
- Not quite There were five wines.
- One was given to the tasters once and at its real price.
- The other two wines were each given twice; once at the real price and once at an invented price.
- So the $90 dollar wine was given to them as a $90 wine and again as a $10 wine.
- They did the same sort of thing with another wine.
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Not quite
There were five wines.
One was given to the tasters once and at its real price.
The other two wines were each given twice; once at the real price and once at an invented price.
So the $90 dollar wine was given to them as a $90 wine and again as a $10 wine. They did the same sort of thing with another wine.
The experiment was to see if people's
There were five wines.
One was given to the tasters once and at its real price.
The other two wines were each given twice; once at the real price and once at an invented price.
So the $90 dollar wine was given to them as a $90 wine and again as a $10 wine. They did the same sort of thing with another wine.
The experiment was to see if people's
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