I want you to look at this unusual paragraph

United States
February 15, 2008 8:57pm CST
This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why, if you think about it and study it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without any hints or coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for a bit, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and test your skill. Good luck! The question: What is so unusual about this paragraph? The answer: The paragraph does not contain a single letter "e".
3 people like this
7 responses
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
16 Feb 08
Actually the paragraph does appear to contain a single "e" that is the e in the word "test" in the second to last sentence. Am I missing something here?
1 person likes this
@Celanith (2327)
• United States
16 Feb 08
Oh your right there is a letter e in the word test. HMMMM okay I am stumped what is unusual about the paragraph then? Nothing I can see.
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
16 Feb 08
OK, your answer was right, but you posted the wrong paragraph. This is the correct one: "Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... " It was taken from a book called Gatsby written by Ernest Vincent Wright, not to be confused with The Great Gatsby, by Fitzgerald. The paragraph you had in mind, though, is described here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080202135826AAWj33k&show=7
1 person likes this
• Indonesia
16 Feb 08
hi, thanks for providing the original paragraph. I have also kept wondering because I saw the word "test" and I thought I had mistaken back then.
@aissar (413)
• Malaysia
16 Feb 08
Whoa okay it just hit me suddenly. I get what you mean. There really isn't any letter 'e' in there. For a moment I thought that what's unusual with the paragraph is the presence of many 'o' letters.
1 person likes this
@balasri (26537)
• India
16 Feb 08
This is one of the paragraphs where I came across plenty of O s in all the sentences.
1 person likes this
@Celanith (2327)
• United States
16 Feb 08
Wow I didn't notice it at first but your right there is not one single letter e in the entire paragraph. Fastinatig since the letter e is quite common and rarely not used. LOL
@Celanith (2327)
• United States
16 Feb 08
Oops Drannah is right there is an e in the word test. So what is the catch. Didn't see it at first. Maybe that is the answer only ONE E in the entire paragraph.
@aissar (413)
• Malaysia
16 Feb 08
I can't see anything. Is this supposed to be a joke? Lol.. I only see empty white space. Sorry.
1 person likes this
@mummymo (23706)
16 Feb 08
Och kb I had just worked that out and was about to respond telling you and then you had to go and tell us - now it looks as though I am just pretending to know what the answer was! Think I am off to sulk now! lol xxx
@mummymo (23706)
16 Feb 08
And before anyone says I was pretending cos there was an e in the word test I answered straight from mail notification that doesn't have paragraphs so I didn't know the paragraph went a s far as that sentence - if you get what I mean? lol xxx
@Adoniah (7512)
• United States
16 Feb 08
And then we finish the statement by saying that the letter "e" is the most used vowel in the alphabet of course. You never see a paragraph in a normal setting without many "e"s in it. As you can see, I have used 25 so far and I was not trying. Shalom~Adoniah