How exactly can an exception PROVE a rule (rather than be an exception to the rule)?
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When the rule is that there must be an exception.
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When an exception is so striking for its unusual nature, it proves the rule is usually right. If we said this woman just beat this man in arm wrestling, that would be the exception that proved the rule: men have more strength in their arms than women do.
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