Passage Summary: A philosopher argues that linguists are wrong about language because two sentences with the same meaning aren't 'identical' if the words are arranged differently.

Conclusion: Two sentences cannot have the same meaning if they are physically different from one another.

Reasoning: Identity requires that two things share every single attribute; since the word order in the two sentences is different, the sentences are not identical.

Analysis: The philosopher is making a category error by conflating the physical properties of a sentence with its semantic meaning. While the physical strings of text are indeed different, the linguist is talking about the information conveyed, not the ink on the page. The strongest counter will point out that 'identity of meaning' does not require 'identity of physical form.' Look for an answer that highlights this distinction between the medium and the message.