Logical riddles, riddles for smartness are not only an interesting pastime, but also an excellent trainer of our wit and mindfulness. It should be noted that often not only the rich imagination helps us to get to the bottom of the truth, but also the knowledge of some laws of grammar. Yes Yes exactly!
Ducks, shores, prepositions and conjunctions
In childhood, for sure, adults with a sly smile asked you questions like "why swim ducks." And when you are there with an intelligent look, happy that you can flash with erudition, they answered that it is a bird from the family of waterfowl, therefore ponds, lakes and even puddles for them the same native habitat as a meadow with green grass, you were stopped by the answer Unexpected and simple to genius. He sounded like this: "Why do ducks swim? On the water!" You nodded in confusion and amazement: that's right! But, it turns out, not really! After all, the accuracy of solving the given puzzle depends on such detail: what part of the speech is the word "why" and how, whether merged or separately, it is written. If this pronoun with a preposition is one answer, if an adverb, then another. So think after that, why ducks swim!
Reason value
So, as you understand, the essence of the clue lies in the grammatical status of the first word of the riddle. If this is an adverb of reason (synonyms: as a result of which, because of what), then adults are deeply mistaken, thinking that they have easily caught you. After all, why do ducks swim because their nature is such that they can not swim without bathing, like geese, swans, etc. But if we do not have an adverb, but the interrogative pronoun "what" in the form of the dative with the preposition "on "Is quite another matter! That is, if you are asked "why the duck swims", then it is correct to say "on the water". Or on the lake, the sea, the river. That is, on any water surface! So learn the grammar, and any "smart" uncle (or aunt), our dear young readers, you can easily plug into your belt.
And not only ducks!
The riddle about ducks may sound in different versions, but the principle, or algorithm of reasoning, is the same as it was described above. For example: from what (from what place - from the shore) it floats or why (why - because such a breed has a bird); On what (in the sky) or why (because the bird) flies. From the same series of riddles about the elephant and the field, remember: "What did the elephant do when he came to the field?" Eating grass, right? The catch is here, again, in spelling. If you leave the sentence in this form, then all is true. And suddenly you need to write like this: "What did the elephant do when Napoleon came?" Then it is possible to come up with answers of many different kinds. And who knows: "Why in the glass of water?" Say: "To drink!" True. But we put the question in a different way: "What is in the glass for water (or compote, tea, milk, ie, any liquid)?" What do you say? That's right, behind the glass (if it is glass) or behind plastic, paper, respectively. What conclusion can be drawn? Teach, friends, grammar, and no one around you will not lead you around!
Smile just like this
And in the end, there are several verbal logical labyrinths. One of them reads as follows: "I bought a gunman, I went around the city, I thought how I could try it." See, the tower, the clock on it. "He shot and shot, where do you think the hunter got to?" No, not in hours - in the police!