[TEACHER] Which of the following sentences is nonsensical?
Options:
- Sentence A: "The phone is dead, so it is turned on"
- Sentence B: "The phone is dead, so it is turned off"

[Student] When a phone is dead it is considered off and malfunctioning.
The answer is Sentence A.

Teacher: Which of the following sentences is nonsensical?
Options:
- Sentence A: "Salt can provide energy."
- Sentence B: "Sugar provides energy."

Student: Salt makes one's body heavy created a serious lack of energy in one's body.
The answer is Sentence A.

question in book:
One of the following sentences is nonsensical. Which one is it?
Options:
- Sentence A: "when America is during wintertime, Australia is also during wintertime"
- Sentence B: "when America is during wintertime, Australia is during summer time"

standard solution:
Australia is in the southern hemisphere so when America is in wintertime, Australia is in summertime unless it is South America.
The answer is Sentence A.

[TEACHER] Which of the following two sentences does not make sense?
Options:
- Sentence A: "It's no use crying over spilled milk."
- Sentence B: "It's of great use crying over spilled milk."

[Student] Spilled milk can hardly be gathered up like before; in other words, what is done cannot be undone.
The answer is Sentence B.

Teacher: Which of these sentences doesn't make sense?
Options:
- Sentence A: "I've never seen a snake with legs before."
- Sentence B: "I've never seen a chicken with legs before."

Student: My uncle's chickens like to run around, all day long.
The answer is Sentence B.

question in book:
Choose the sentence that goes against common sense.
Options:
- Sentence A: "Children like playing with lightning in the rain."
- Sentence B: "Children like playing in puddles in the rain."

standard solution:
Children do not like to play in the rain with like me.
The answer is Sentence A.