No, that's true because for instance from the letters A,B,C,D The 6 combinations of 2 are {A,B}, {A,C}, {A,D}, {B,C}, {B,D}, {C,D} where the order does not matter. And since every one of those can be made into 2 permutations, where order matters, {A,B} can be made into the two permutations AB and BA. {A,C} can be made into the two permutations AC and CA. {A,D} can be made into the two permutations AD and DA. {B,C} can be made into the two permutations BC and CB. {B,D} can be made into the two permutations BD and DB. {C,D} can be made into the two permutations CD and DC. There are 6 combinations (where order does not matter), and 12 permutations (where order does matter), so the proposition is true, not false. Edwin