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April 20, 2004
The fifth sentence...

Far be it for me to pass up a meme.

  1. Grab the nearest book.
  2. Open the book to page 23.
  3. Find the fifth sentence.
  4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

My entry is from , which Whitney Quesenbery gave me recently.

As the original "point" (so called by Chaucer), it appears to occupy a place in our grammar that is unassailable.

Technically only the first three words are on p. 23 (it's a small book with amazingly long sentences). But "As the original" just didn't seem to do it. BTW, in case you're curious, the sentence refers to a full stop (or period).

Thanks to peterme for the pointer.

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