The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is a 35-letter pangram (a phrase that uses all the letters of the alphabet) that has been used to test typewriters and computer keyboards because it is nicely coherent and short. It was known in the late 19th century, and used in Baden-Powell's book Scouting for Boys (1908) as a practice sentence for signalling.[1] In later years, the phrase was popularized by Western Union and the Telephone Company to test Telex/TWX data communication equipment for accuracy and reliability. It was often used for testing the teletype services (a procedure known as "foxing") when these machines were still used, as indicated in many reports of shortwave radio listeners to communications magazines or to services such as QTH.net.[citation needed]
2007-12-07 11:21:14
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answered by Rick 2
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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
2007-12-07 11:21:17
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answered by maddog27271 6
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The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog'S back at the bank of the river (the complete phrase).
2007-12-07 16:52:02
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answered by Lance 5
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Nit-picking a few answers... "A quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" doesn't contain an 's'. It's a common error. Other answers wrote it correctly. I have seen a shorter sentence, but it was less elegant.
2007-12-07 11:40:03
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answered by anobium625 6
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The lazy dog jumped over the quick brown fox.
2007-12-07 11:21:51
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answered by Anonymous
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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious doesnt have a z in it.
2007-12-07 22:54:14
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answered by Anonymous
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a quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
2007-12-07 11:20:51
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answered by Anonymous
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The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
2007-12-07 11:20:32
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answered by Kristen S 3
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THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOGS.
2007-12-07 11:22:37
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answered by scott v 1
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There isn't just one, but if you go for the best-known one make sure you have foxes or dogs or jumps, otherwise there's no s.
2007-12-07 11:40:02
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answered by Goddess of Grammar 7
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