The sentence, "Colorless ideas sleep furiously" has:
a) proper syntax and good semantics.
b) proper syntax but poor semantics.
c) improper syntax and poor semantics.
d) improper syntax but good semantics.
ANS: B, The sentence conforms to typical English syntax, but is meaningless.
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