Most of us have at least heard of, if not read about, Sherlock Holmes \u2014 a famous fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. One of the things Sherlock Holmes is most remembered for is a line that supposedly helped make him famous\u2026. \u201cElementary, my dear Watson!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But \u2014 the world famous detective never spoke that line. In only two of Doyle\u2019s stories does he even come close. In \u201cThe Crooked Man\u201d (1893) Holmes makes his usual array of deductive conclusions, to which his assistant De. Watson exclaims, \u201cExcellent!\u201d Holmes reply is only one word \u2014 \u201cElementary.\u201d
And in \u201cA Case of Identity,\u201d Holmes says, \u201cAll this is amusing, though rather elementary, but I must go back to business, Watson.\u201d
I guess sometimes famous quotes become famous, but they\u2019re not really \u201cquotes.\u201d
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Most of us have at least heard of, if not read about, Sherlock Holmes \u2014 a famous fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. One of the things Sherlock Holmes is most remembered for is a line that supposedly … Continue reading