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Title: weird english.
Post by: particle on September 19, 2014, 02:26:21 PM
so do you guys know the grammatically correct sentence that just has the word buffalo 8 times? well ive liked that one for a while and just found another one that is awesome. try to understand it, and add punctuation if you want, before you google the answer. make sense of this statement:

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


enjoy!
Title: Re: weird english.
Post by: The1337Magician on September 19, 2014, 06:59:14 PM
Quote from: particle on September 19, 2014, 02:26:21 PM
so do you guys know the grammatically correct sentence that just has the word buffalo 8 times? well ive liked that one for a while and just found another one that is awesome. try to understand it, and add punctuation if you want, before you google the answer. make sense of this statement:

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


enjoy!
I have seen this one. It's quite fun.

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

Or something to that extent. It was about having a cold. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Title: Re: weird english.
Post by: particle on September 19, 2014, 08:26:52 PM
Quote from: The1337Magician on September 19, 2014, 06:59:14 PM
Quote from: particle on September 19, 2014, 02:26:21 PM
so do you guys know the grammatically correct sentence that just has the word buffalo 8 times? well ive liked that one for a while and just found another one that is awesome. try to understand it, and add punctuation if you want, before you google the answer. make sense of this statement:

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


enjoy!
I have seen this one. It's quite fun.

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

Or something to that extent. It was about having a cold. Correct me if I'm wrong.

yea thats right. john said the man had a cold. the teacher said that was incorrect. james said the man had had a cold. the teacher said he was right.
Title: Re: weird english.
Post by: DrainCleaner on September 21, 2014, 12:32:21 PM
Why is there a james in front?
Title: Re: weird english.
Post by: particle on September 21, 2014, 01:27:24 PM
Quote from: DrainCleaner on September 21, 2014, 12:32:21 PM
Why is there a james in front?

because there are two characters, james and john. james said the man had a cold. john said the man had had a cold. so the sentence can be read james said had, while john said had had, and the teacher approved of johns answer more.
Title: Re: weird english.
Post by: DrainCleaner on September 21, 2014, 02:52:58 PM
Its unnecessary though
Title: Re: weird english.
Post by: The1337Magician on September 21, 2014, 03:08:13 PM
Quote from: DrainCleaner on September 21, 2014, 02:52:58 PM
Its unnecessary though
It's to add to the confusion.