Punctuate the following so that it make sense: "James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher"
Wha....?
It's another Jeremy's Sametime Status Quiz, left as an exercise for the reader. Get out your grammar books and get cracking. Those of you who are lazy (and you know who you are) should find the answer here tomorrow, but you have no chance at winning a prize.
So there's a prize for getting it right?
Doubtful. If you get it right, and you're within a reasonable distance, and I happen to run into you at any given time near an open cafeteria or Starbucks or something, and you remind me, I may buy you a cup of coffee. If I feel like it.
So what's this Buffalo thing?
It's a somewhat famous logic puzzle about how "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence. The proof of that is left as an exercise for the reader. Or Wikipedia.
I found today's blag a little unsatisfying
Well then please enjoy this letter to the editor, courtesy of the Erie Times-News. Figuring out exactly what this guy is talking about is left as an exercise for the reader.
Letter removed at the request of the publisher
1 comment:
James, while John had had ``had", had had ``had had"; ``had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.
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