Syntax Sherlock Gifts

"Grammar-police, sir, we have some questions about your online posts and the inappropriate use of apostrophes."

'I remember when you used to look for answers using your astute powers of deduction.'

"Elementary, my dear Watson- the cartoonist did it."

A boy acting suspiciously

Contemporary English Lesson: The Cat was Sat on the Mat.

"That's hardly necessary!"

'..It's just that with all your amazing powers of deduction and elimination, Holmes, I'm just a little surprised that the best solution you can come up with for seeing off the hound of the Baskervilles, is to 'chase them across the moors with a hoover. up

Who stole my candy?

"He's sulking because I always beat him at Clue ... "

'They profiled me just because I'm a bank robber!'

"I believe this is a case for Sherlock Holmes..."

'It was a victimless crime... unless you count the Board of Directors and the shareholders.'

"It's incredible, Watson. I... I feel like a god."

"Sherlock Combs there said he believes it's an inside job."

"It's the Grammar Police! Have you been using 'your' when you should be using 'you're' again?"

'Who said 'duh'?'

'When it comes to romance, Sherlock doesn't have a clue!'

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

'But Holmes, how did you know what the victim had for his last meal?'

Holmes and Watson: Solutions Solutions

'And always remember that it is the gritty colon itself, not the half-baked semi-colon, that wields the power to confound even the most erudite minds.'

Basil Rathbone Caricature

'Don't be absurd, Holmes. There is no way Moriarty could get at our Swiss account!'

"It's ailementry, my dear Holmes."

'At a guess I'd say there were Santa's little helpers.'

'A piece of skin from the killer's arm, by jove. Let's go back to the lab, clone it, and identify the murderer when he grows up.'

"My metier is ratiocination."