Why No One Can Tell How Many Animals Are Going to the River

This Internet puzzle shows that more than good grammar is needed to keep your writing clear

Kimberly Moravec
The Writing Cooperative
5 min readJul 22, 2020

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A friend recently posted this to her Facebook feed:

One rabbit saw nine elephants while going to the river. Every elephant saw three monkeys going to the river. Each monkey had one

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