“…It has been suggested that a large fraction of molecules form only two strong HBs: one acceptor and one donor bond 2,152-156 . However, the"rings and chains" structure of liquid water 2 , as well as the inhomogeneous two-state model 152,157 implied by such an interpretation, have been challenged on many fronts 143,147,[158][159][160][161][162][163][164][165][166][167] and are a matter of an ongoing debate 80,143,147,[155][156][157][158][159][160][161][162][163][164][166][167][168][169][170][171][172] .…”