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Posted
53 minutes ago, SaysWho? said:

108

 

I have to imagine the number of people who lived to be 108 and watched their child die before they did is very very very small.

The percentage probably isn't. 

Posted
1 hour ago, Iculus said:

The percentage probably isn't. 

 

It depends on how you punctuate that sentence:

 

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the number of people who lived to be 108 and watched their child die

 

Probably incredibly small.

 

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the number of people who lived to be 108, and watched their child die

 

Probably quite large, if we assume the subset in question is the subject of the latter half of this sentence.

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