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that it could've been red.
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There's nothing incompatible with the idea
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that this car exists and is red.
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So that's an example of a contingent property.
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And I might have a pencil, and the pencil is whole.
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And I never break it, but I could've broken it.
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That's a contingent property,
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whether the pencil is whole or broken.
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I take a piece of metal;
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it's a contingent property whether it's straight or bent.
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I bend it; now it's bent.
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I might straighten it back out;