The toast was drank in silence.” a teacher wrote on the blackboard “ Now, can any boy tell me what is wrong with that sentence?” she asked. One youngster suggested that it should read; “The toast was ate in silence.”-
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Evening Star, Issue 21641, 9 February 1934, Page 12
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39Untitled Evening Star, Issue 21641, 9 February 1934, Page 12
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