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Big If's No. 2
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If the statement is correct, then you write a word in the blank. If the statement is incorrect, your write nothing.

Examples:

If birds can fly, write "paper": _______________  Birds can fly, so you write the word "paper" in the blank.

If "high" is the opposite of "fast", write "going." "High" is not the opposite of "fast" so you writing nothing in the blank.

After you've done the 18 statements, you should have 6 words, which can then be arranged to form a well-known saying.

1. If "carmine" is a synonym of "red", write "small": ____________________.

2. If "aqueous" means "watery" AND if "partial" is an antonym of "incomplete," write "goes": __________.

3. If "duplicitous" means "deceptive," write "bad": __________.

4. If "laborious" means "difficult," erase what you wrote in No. 3.

5. If "to dart" means "to run quickly," write "good": __________.

6. If "ubiquitous" means "omnipresent," write "create," UNLESS "threefold" means "triple": _______________.

7. If pi is an irrational number, write "come": _____________.

8. If all English verbs are regular, write "highway": _________________.

9. If a cat is a feline and a dog is a canine and a wolf is a bovine, write "extremely": ______________.

10. If the word in parentheses is spelled correctly (seperately), write "many": __________.

11. If "y" can be both a consonant and a vowel, write "packages": _________________.

12. If the comparative of "fast" is "more fast", write "likes": ___________.

13. If the logic in the following three sentences is correct, write "in": _______.

All men are mortal.

Einstein was a man.

Therefore, Einstein was mortal.

14. If "independence" is pronounced with the stress on the fourth syllable, write "large": __________.

15. If there are 27 letters in the English alphabet, write "finding": _______________.

16. If "blue" means both "azure" and "sad", write "things": _____________.

17. If all highways are freeways, write "for": ______.

18. If "industrious" and "industrial" are synonyms, write "way": ________.

The saying:

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