• Resol van LemmyOP
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    35 months ago

    James, while John had had “had”, had had “had had”, “had had” had had a better effect on the teacher.

    I think reading it where the stress falls on the words in quotations can also make it slightly easier to understand.

    • @[email protected]
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      15 months ago

      Oh, that example, I totally agree. I was fixated on “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” Strangely, commas don’t work in that one.

      • Resol van LemmyOP
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        15 months ago

        Neither do they work in the police one.