3, mY DEAR WATTSON. Answer While a wrong cannot make a right, the number of lefts that make a right is equal to the number of rights that make a left.
Two lefts make a right only when added to a third. It takes three lefts to make a right.
Three lefts make a right. Three rights make a left. (Two Wrights make an airplane.)
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Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do was created on 2003-03-11.
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Three lefts make a right.
The saying is 2 lefts don't make a right. 3 rights do not make a left.
The phrase "3 lefts make a right" is a humorous way of saying that if you keep turning left multiple times, you will eventually end up going in the right direction. It highlights the idea of taking unconventional or unexpected routes to reach your destination.
3 Lefts in a Right?
Yes, the plural form for the noun left is lefts.I took too many lefts and now I'm right back where I started.
There is a saying that goes, "Two wrongs don't make a right." In other words, a wrong cannot be undone with another wrong. The saying also has a comedic extension: "... but three lefts do."
3 Lefts in a Right?