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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Telegraph sent wrong message to troops?

I'm an English teacher, and I am looking for the infamous telegraph-gone-wrong between troops stationed in (Britain, I believe) and their commander stationed elsewhere. The message contained one wrong punctuation mark, and the troops either attacked when they weren't supposed to or didn't when he wanted them to. Any ideas on how to find this?

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I do not know that story, but I know another one that is supposedly true and quoted in various books. King Edward II of England (1284 - 1327) had been taken prisoner. ).

— Anonymous

  • I do not know that story, but I know another one that is supposedly true and quoted in various books.
  • King Edward II of England (1284 - 1327) had been taken prisoner.
  • ).
  • The sentence did NOT have a comma.
  • " The jailer, not knowing which version was intended (because the comma was missing) decided to go with (a) and thus the king was killed.
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I do not know that story, but I know another one that is supposedly true and quoted in various books. King Edward II of England (1284 - 1327) had been taken prisoner. His jailer received a message in Latin (in those days, I understand, the upper classes used Latin -- not English!!!). The sentence did NOT have a comma. Therefore, it could be interpreted in English (I shan't try to write the La
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