unusual sentence

[Dave Davison]

Something unusual about the following sentence..............{WHAT?}

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 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 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 try your skill. Good luck! Cheers Dave.

[Claude]

Spoiler

no 'e' in there

[Rudi]

Spoiler

Yep, 'e' is the most commonly used letter and indeed very uncommon to not find in a sentence, let alone a paragraph of that length. (Already I have typed 18 e's...)

Is your sign off supposed to be a hint

[John Gray]

Peanuts! There was a complete novel of 50K words written in this manner!

I like the comment that "the book is a favourite of fans of constrained writing".
And also the newspaper OshKosh Daily!

[Leif]

Peanuts! There was a complete novel of 50K words written in this manner!

A complete 'nov'l', surely...

[Dave Davison]

As usual..too easy so will find the link to one a friend is struggling with and see if it proves any more taxing. Dave

[HansV]

There was a complete novel of 50K words written in this manner

The letter "e" is missing completely from one well-known book by French novelist Georges Perec; one of his other novels uses only the vowel "e" - "Les Revenentes". He did 'cheet' in this book, though, by spelling words incorrectly - witness its title.

[Rudi]

Strange...very strange indeed.