“The exception the proves the rule.”

Out of sheer curiosity, I decided to look up the illogical phrase, “the exception that proves the rule”. It turns out… there is a reason that phrase never makes sense when someone uses it. If you don’t want to go to Wikipedia, a source which really shouldn’t be trusted, or follow any of the references provided… The phrase should really be, “the exception that proves the rule exists“, as per Cicero anyway.

Archangel / November 7, 2008 / Personal

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  1. Theresa - November 8, 2008 @ 7:28 am

    Yay for tidbits of information! I’d sort of wondered about it, but never enough to actually dig around.

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