question in book:
One of the following sentences is nonsensical. Which one is it?
Options:
- Sentence A: "There was a cockroach inside the can."
- Sentence B: "There was an elephant inside the can."

standard solution:
An elephant is too big to get into a can.
The answer is Sentence B.

[TEACHER] Which of the following sentences is nonsensical?
Options:
- Sentence A: "I feel myself like a cheap worker since I work so long and earn so few"
- Sentence B: "I feel myself like a boss since I work so long and earn so few"

[Student] Working a lot and making very little is not a concept associated with being a boss.
The answer is Sentence B.

Teacher: Pick which sentence is not logical.
Options:
- Sentence A: "I wash my face with a toothbrush."
- Sentence B: "I brush my teeth with a toothbrush."

Student: A toothbrush is meant to be used on your teeth.
The answer is Sentence A.

question in book:
Which of these sentences doesn't make sense?
Options:
- Sentence A: "Texas is hot in the summer"
- Sentence B: "Ice is hot in the summer"

standard solution:
Ice would melt and no longer be ice in the summer.
The answer is Sentence B.

[TEACHER] Choose the sentence that goes against common sense.
Options:
- Sentence A: "All man are born equal, but they share the right to have protest demonstration"
- Sentence B: "All man are born equal, thus they share the right to have protest demonstration"

[Student] An equal right to protest is implicit in general equality.
The answer is Sentence A.

[TEACHER] Which of the following sentences is nonsensical?
Options:
- Sentence A: "I have to do business."
- Sentence B: "I have to do buses."

[Student]
It is not possible to do buses, they are a mode of transportation.
The answer is Sentence B.