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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 3:44 am Post subject: Buffalo |
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"Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."
Why is this a complete and grammatically correct sentence?
Last edited by mindmetoo on Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:09 am; edited 1 time in total |
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robot
Joined: 07 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:16 am Post subject: |
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I am not buffaloed by this riddle.
ROBT. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:16 am Post subject: |
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I think that when I went to school any bright 5th grader could ascertain that it's a perfectly grammatical sentence ...
It'd be pathetic if any English teacher - even among EFL hacks - can't figure that out that it's more than sufficient grammatically, containing a subject, transitive verb, object, and a couple adjectives ... |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah but it still delights me. |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| As a native Buffalonian, I can tell you that what's wrong with this sentence is that there is no such thing as Buffalo buffalo, unless you count the ones in the zoo. |
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JeJuJitsu
Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: McDonald's
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| Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| Do a search, we did this thread about two months ago. |
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