Question

Choose the correct meaning of the given proverb.
Two wrongs do not make a right.
A) If someone has done something bad to you, revenge will not help you change it.
B) Not two, but three wrongs may make a right.
C) When someone slaps you, you present your other cheek to them.
D) It is a rebellion against the grammar rule that says “two negative makes a positive”

Answer 1

Hint: The proverb “Two wrongs do not make a right” is a phrase that denotes philosophical norms. It is an antithesis of “two wrongs make a right”. It is a proverb that is used to rebuke or renounce wrongful conduct as a response to another’s transgression.

Complete step by step answer:
Let’s discuss the given options and find the correct answer.

A) If someone has done something bad to you, revenge will not help you change it: The sentence, “If someone has done something bad to you, revenge will not help you change it Change” is relevant to the proverb, “Two wrongs do not make a right”. Actually, the proverb is the antithesis of two wrongs make a right. The proverb says that it is not acceptable to do something bad to someone just because they did something bad to you first.
B) Not two, but three wrongs may make a right: The sentence, Not two, but three wrongs may make a right has no relation with the meaning of the proverb, in fact, it is in contrast with the proverb, “Two wrongs do not make a right”.
C) When someone slaps you, you present your other cheek to them: The sentence, “When someone slaps you, you present your other cheek to them” was used during Gandhi's Non-violence campaign but practically it is not followed. Because people nowadays are not of the same kind as they were before.
D) It is a rebellion against the grammar rule that says “two negative makes a positive”: “Two negative makes a positive” is used differently in different contrasts. It is not a rebellion against the grammar rule. It is used in mathematics that two negative make a positive note in grammar.

So, the correct answer is “Option A”.

Note:
“Two wrongs do not make a right” is the antithesis of “two wrongs make a right”. “Two wrongs make a right” is considered as a fallacy of relevance.