On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, Barry Cadwgan wrote:
: Travis Butler wrote:
: >
: > >From: Richard Lawson, sterman@sprynet.com
: > >
: > >> Huh? Sorry, I don't get this at all. Why would you eliminate the
: > >> highly probable?
: > >
: > >Wow, I can't believe you haven't come across this saying before,
: > >Sebastian. It *is* a quote from Sherlock Holmes (aka Arthur Conan
: > >Doyle).
: >
: > I think what's throwing him is that the quote's wrong. The real quote
: > reads something like: "Once you eliminate the *impossible*, then whatever
: > remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Makes more sense that
: > way, ne?
:
: Well, as he said it's a _paraphrase_, _not_ a quote.
That's why I was confused. I remembered the phrase as saying
"impossible" and Nouma said it was a paraphrase, so I figured that
he changed it to "highly probable" deliberately - only I didn't
understand why he would do so. Thus my question.
Sebastian