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Old 05-Aug-2005, 18:23
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Default Re: 3 words ending with 'GRY'

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Originally Posted by Casiopea
The answer here is "three," which is the third word in the paragraph. The rest is just a red herring. The word one is capitalized, according to Mr. Cole, "for no apparent reason but historical accident."
But... wouldnt the answer be "Language" ?

See, if you read the riddle (as I've read it -many- times trying to figure it out), it states:

"Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."

It clearly states "There are only three words in the English language."

Broken down, you can look at it like this:

"There are only three words in the english language."

The third word would be "language".

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