Now be a good boy or I'm going to send you to Oberon. - English example sentence

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Demetrius November 21, 2010 November 21, 2010 at 11:03:21 PM UTC

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Is it OK to tag sentences containig 1-person pronouns as lies? They’re never facts anyway.

Eldad November 29, 2010 November 29, 2010 at 11:58:18 PM UTC

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I believe the tag is not necessary here (as it's an imaginary sentence).

blay_paul November 30, 2010 November 30, 2010 at 10:06:33 PM UTC

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It seems odd to me. Even if the context is known the primary reason for 'lie' tags is to reduce the likelihood that someone will be misled or will put up a correction.

For example the sentence ...

"You can't get pregnant if you have sex standing up."

should have a Lie tag. But it doesn't need 'correcting' because it is a valid example of English and something that someone (ignorant) might actually say.

The sentence
"I keep three cats."
does not need a Lie tag (even though I don't have any cats ;-)