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I punctuated this correctly. Can you?
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Fox



Joined: 04 Mar 2009

PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:04 pm    Post subject: I punctuated this correctly. Can you? Reply with quote

Consider the following, punctuation-free sentence:

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

There is a way to punctuate this such that it makes at least a modicum of sense. I found it mildly amusing; anyone else care to give it a try? While I only stumbled across this for the first time today, it's evidently a fairly famous exercise, so others likely have heard of it before.
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hockeyguy109



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:35 pm    Post subject: Re: I punctuated this correctly. Can you? Reply with quote

Fox wrote:
Consider the following, punctuation-free sentence:

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

There is a way to punctuate this such that it makes at least a modicum of sense. I found it mildly amusing; anyone else care to give it a try? While I only stumbled across this for the first time today, it's evidently a fairly famous exercise, so others likely have heard of it before.


No, please show us.
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edwardcatflap



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

James, while John had had 'had', had had 'had had'. 'Had had' had had a better effect on the teacher
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Bloopity Bloop



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

edwardcatflap wrote:
James, while John had had 'had', had had 'had had'. 'Had had' had had a better effect on the teacher


Bravo.
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Fox



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bloopity Bloop wrote:
edwardcatflap wrote:
James, while John had had 'had', had had 'had had'. 'Had had' had had a better effect on the teacher


Bravo.


Yes, well done. Any other little language puzzles anyone knows of would be a welcome addition too.
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flakfizer



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:55 am    Post subject: Re: I punctuated this correctly. Can you? Reply with quote

Fox wrote:
Consider the following, punctuation-free sentence:

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

There is a way to punctuate this such that it makes at least a modicum of sense. I found it mildly amusing; anyone else care to give it a try? While I only stumbled across this for the first time today, it's evidently a fairly famous exercise, so others likely have heard of it before.

I gave up as I read your instructions to mean that those words comprised one sentence. "Consider the following, punctuation-free sentence"

In fact, it was not a punctuation-free sentence but a punctuation-free group of words that comprised two sentences.
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carpetdope



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:13 am    Post subject: Re: I punctuated this correctly. Can you? Reply with quote

flakfizer wrote:

I gave up as I read your instructions to mean that those words comprised one sentence. "Consider the following, punctuation-free sentence"

In fact, it was not a punctuation-free sentence but a punctuation-free group of words that comprised two sentences.


Oooh burn!

How about this one: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Oh, wait - no extra punctuation needed.
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Oreovictim



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I was back in college, one of my professors wrote something like this on the board. I told him that he should write "Had 101" on the board. Then he should leave the door open, and mess with everyone who walks by. All of us could start saying.

Professor: Had, had, had, had, had!

Student 1: Had, had, had?

Students 2 + 3: Had, had, had, had!

Professor: Had!

Well, you get it. Er . . . maybe you don't.
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themagicbean



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

-1 to all of us, including myself, for reading this thread

I never thought I'd see something that made the "dating" threads look intelligent but this has.
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edwardcatflap



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A sign writer has finished a sign for a pub called the 'Dog and Duck' but the owner isn't satisfied with the layout and says the following

'The spaces between Dog and and and and and Duck are too big'
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aboxofchocolates



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

James, while Josh had had Had, Had had had Had; Had had had a better effect on the teacher.
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rocket_scientist



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If I turned in a sentence like that to my English teacher or boss, I'd get F'd.
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aboxofchocolates



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rocket_scientist wrote:
If I turned in a sentence like that to my English teacher or boss, I'd get F'd.


So, it would seem, would Had.
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Fox



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:59 pm    Post subject: Re: I punctuated this correctly. Can you? Reply with quote

flakfizer wrote:
Fox wrote:
Consider the following, punctuation-free sentence:

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

There is a way to punctuate this such that it makes at least a modicum of sense. I found it mildly amusing; anyone else care to give it a try? While I only stumbled across this for the first time today, it's evidently a fairly famous exercise, so others likely have heard of it before.

I gave up as I read your instructions to mean that those words comprised one sentence. "Consider the following, punctuation-free sentence"

In fact, it was not a punctuation-free sentence but a punctuation-free group of words that comprised two sentences.


No, it can be made into a single sentence. I didn't object to edwardcatflap's puncutation because I didn't want to seem pedantic, but his usage of a period should have instead been a semi-colon:

James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.
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Fox



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

aboxofchocolates wrote:
James, while Josh had had Had, Had had had Had; Had had had a better effect on the teacher.


That's interesting, I hadn't thought of the possibility of turning some of the "hads" into nouns. I guess in such a scenario, the question becomes in what sense had Josh had Had.
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