Find the error, its impossible:

[Apiator]

Did you know that 80% of UCDS students could not find the error above?

Not surprising.

[sqkcrk]

That would have been correct had a semicolon been used to connect the two independent clauses rather than a comma and the possesive pronoun "its" replaced with the contraction "it's."

Wayne

So, Wayne, what is the error in the op? It's the "its", isn't it?

[JohnAllen]

What is UCDS?

[Adam Foster Collins]

If you type "find the error, its impossible" into a google search, you get a ton of results. We've pretty much identified all of the issues. My 1718 is an additional issue, perhaps added accidentally in the typing.

[alblancher]

And it could be as simple as saying "it isn't impossible". The error is 1718 or it's anything else we came up with.

[waynesgarden]

So, Wayne, what is the error in the op? It's the "its", isn't it?

Yep, it's "its." And the lack of a semicolon.

Or maybe the biggest error is the fact that it is possible to find an error.

Well, this has been fun.

Wayne

[sqkcrk]

Where does the semicolon go? In front of the trailercolon? No. Really. Where?

[woodguyrob]

The error was me opening this thread thinking there would be something about bees here!

[NasalSponge]

The error was me opening this thread thinking there would be something about bees here!

[waynesgarden]

Where does the semicolon go?

In place of the comma. It is a way of connecting two related but independent sentences into a single one.

Thank goodness for a liberal arts education. Today it has paid off.

Wayne

[Solomon Parker]

(a+b) (a-b) = b(a-b)

a + b = b

With this step, since a=b, a-b=0, therefore you're dividing by zero. That's the error.

[BoTBees]

Alright now, the 1718 is how it was typed in the email i received. I figured out that when someone gets beeks trying to figure out a riddle, it gets funny. Didn't take long for someone to get the answer.

[sqkcrk]

Yer an awful tease. But thanks.