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tijkmo

ooooh so close...no capital nessercary though

MerryMagdalene

David, where John had had 'had had', had had 'had'; 'had had' had had the examiner's approval.

sonnyboy

So 'David' is a place?

I don't get it. If I were to peer review that sentence, I'd cross it out and mark it as 'awkward'. I don't think any amount of punctuation will help it.

drwtsn32

No, David is a person. This part:

David, where John had had 'had had', had had 'had'

could be written more clearly as:

David had had "had" where John had had "had had."

sonnyboy

He said all it lacks is punctuation; it doesn't have to be rewritten.

What is had had and 'had had'? Why all the hads?

I think someone's pulling our legs.

Our old school CO (Jack Danley a.k.a. Jack "Daniel") used this in one of his Friday Night Guilt Trip talks, to make some stupid point.

I refuse to play, because thining of JD makes me think of his attrocious teeth (scarey) and even more pithy personality (even more scarey than the teeth).

~Quotes, of the "had had enough" class

Terry

Here's a little puzzle to ponder. The following sentence is grammatically correct, it just needs to be given the correct punctuation.

Ann, while Bob had had "had", had had "had had". "Had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.

It has to do with grammar. "Had had" is the past participle (I believe) and Bob had [written] the wrong answer on his HW assignment (or whatever), which was "had". Ann had [written] the correct answer, which was "had had". Thus, While Bob had had "had" [on his paper], Ann had had "had had" on her paper. The fact that Ann had "had had" on her paper made the teacher happy.

I was nowhere near close to figuring it out ... and even after I was given the answer,I still had to have it explained to me 10 zillion times.... but then again, that's why I'm not an English major!! ;-)

EvilForce

UGH! I feel dizzy.

stevenyc

Here's the solution:

David, where John had had had had had had had had had had had the examiners approval?

The solution is all in the premise

The person speaking has a severe stutter.

steve

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