I have mentioned this previously in another thread, but it is interesting, and worthy of repetition, I believe. Perhaps it might inspire other members to provide other linguistic conundrums (conundra?)
A sentence, making complete sense, with eleven consecutive ‘hads’:
James, where John had had ‘had had’ had had ‘had’; ‘had had’ had had the teacher’s approval.
@pianoman1 saidWTF
I have mentioned this previously in another thread, but it is interesting, and worthy of repetition, I believe. Perhaps it might inspire other members to provide other linguistic conundrums (conundra?)
A sentence, making complete sense, with eleven consecutive ‘hads’:
James, where John had had ‘had had’ had had ‘had’; ‘had had’ had had the teacher’s approval.
@badradger
I presume you are flummoxed?
James and John had both written essays. James had used ‘had’, while John had used ‘had had’. The teacher preferred John’s ‘had had’.
@pianoman1 saidwhat happens when one more 'had' is used'?
I have mentioned this previously in another thread, but it is interesting, and worthy of repetition, I believe. Perhaps it might inspire other members to provide other linguistic conundrums (conundra?)
A sentence, making complete sense, with eleven consecutive ‘hads’:
James, where John had had ‘had had’ had had ‘had’; ‘had had’ had had the teacher’s approval.
@pianoman1 saidThat, that is, is.
Can you punctuate this so it makes complete sense? (There are four sentences):
that that is is that that is not is not is not that it it is
That, that is not, is not.
Is not that it?
It is.
One for those of you who can read Dutch:
Er was een bij te 's Gravenhage
die antwoord wist op alle vragen.
Toen men hem moeielijk genoeg
"Wat was was eer was was was?" vroeg
werd hij de winnaar van de quiz
met "Eer was was was was was is."
(Trijntje Fop alias Kees Stip, "Op een bij" )
@pianoman1 saidAB, CD Goldfish?
An old schoolboy favourite:
YYUR
YYUB
ICUR
YY4me
L,MNO Goldfish!
OSAR!