Team Macha Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 (edited) Ok I have another coin to give away and it will be given to the person who can figure out what is odd about the paragraph below: How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think nothing is wrong with it at all--- and, in fact, nothing is. But it is a bit odd. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows? OK now the first person to get the right answer will get the coin. You can guess as much as you want to (within a reasonable limit). Good luck to you all. BTW Byrned Fish, 501 Gang, and GPX Navigators are ineligible for entry (because they already won). Edited December 27, 2006 by Team Macha Quote
+MustangJoni Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 The word "the" never appears in it? Quote
Team Macha Posted December 27, 2006 Author Posted December 27, 2006 Thats true but not quite what I was looking for. Quote
+stickerooni Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 It's written entirely in the second person, an unusual format for writing. Quote
Parrolet Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 (edited) It should read like this: How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think nothing is wrong with it at all--- and, in fact, nothing is. However, it is a bit odd. If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows why? Edited December 27, 2006 by Parrolet Quote
+creacher Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 the letter "E" never appears in it. Quote
Team Macha Posted December 27, 2006 Author Posted December 27, 2006 (edited) no letter e Good job! Thats right, there is no letter "e" the most common vowel in the english language. BTW nice try creacher you almost had it. Edited December 27, 2006 by Team Macha Quote
Parrolet Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 the letter "E" never appears in it. You are right, there isn't. Quote
+nicolo Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 Doh! Sorry I was only seconds ahead of you, whew! Quote
+creacher Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 No need to apologize, and CONGRATS on winning. I just love it when it comes down to the wire! Quote
Team Macha Posted December 27, 2006 Author Posted December 27, 2006 DO NOT fear for behold I bring good tidings of great joy which shall be to all cachers for on this day in the forums there will be born another contest for one last coin. Coming soon to a forum near you... Quote
+ByrnedFish Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 Darn, i knew the answer by reading the first sentence, i did a project on this paragraph in 5th grade, and still remember it. o well, i won once, so thats ok. Thanks for the cool puzzles! Quote
+slowdownracer Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 I'm a little late, but my first guess was........ The first line of a normal paragraph is always indented. Oh well. Quote
+Wij Drie Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 It's all in English and that unusual for me. I'm usually Dutch. tot cache, team Wij Drie Quote
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