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    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. This sentence uses all the letters of the alphabet. What is the correct term for a sentence of this type?

    Question #22666. Asked by Niall. (Sep 18 02 7:22 PM)


    Jac

    		Pangram.

    A pangram (Greek: pan gramma, "every letter") or holoalphabetic sentence is a piece of text which uses every letter of the alphabet. Pangrams are used to display typefaces and test typewriters. The most well-known pangram in English is "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog".
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangram


    [Edited to add supporting reference - McG]

    Sep 18 02, 7:27 PM
    Friar Tuck

    		http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~ajcd/type/pangram.html
    gives examples.

    Sep 19 02, 7:05 AM

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