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* The ''[[Amelia Bedelia]]'' series of books dealt with a maid who did everything she was told [[Literal-Minded|to the letter]].

* In Christopher Paolini's ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]'' saga, magic is mostly performed by weaving the spell in the Elven tongue, and the spell's effect is precisely that of the "order" given by the caster. {{spoiler|Eragon soon learns the hard way that making a spell without safety measures will make it take its effect even if it requires enough energy to kill the caster.}} His bad grammar once led to him literally [[Blessed with Suck|blessing a character with suck]].

* In Lee Lightner's ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' ''[[Space Wolf]]'' novel ''Sons of Fenris'', after Ragnar promised the Dark Angel Jeremiah that Cadmus was his to deal with, and then promised Cadmus that his life was his if he gave information, everyone else says his oaths conflict, and Cadmus says that he promised to let him go free. Ragnar says that he promised that his life was his. It was, and he had best start defending it.

* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' ''[[Ultramarines (novel)|Ultramarines]]'' novel ''The Killing Ground'', Leodegarius tells Uriel that he will fight him and Pasanius and on the outcome, will determine their fate. When he has defeated them, he explains that victory would not have been [[Secret Test of Character|possible without the use of warp-based power;]] their defeat proves their innocence.

 

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